diff --git a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/internal/Isotropic_remeshing/remesh_impl.h b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/internal/Isotropic_remeshing/remesh_impl.h
index 6ec637571e3..84401c7bd56 100644
--- a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/internal/Isotropic_remeshing/remesh_impl.h
+++ b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/internal/Isotropic_remeshing/remesh_impl.h
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ namespace internal {
 
         //check that mesh does not become non-triangle,
         //nor has inverted faces
-        if (deviation_pre < deviation_post
+        if (deviation_pre <= deviation_post
           || !check_normals(he)
           || incident_to_degenerate(he)
           || incident_to_degenerate(opposite(he, mesh_))