diff --git a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/repair_self_intersections.h b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/repair_self_intersections.h
index e5979c7b15a..438b0a9c880 100644
--- a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/repair_self_intersections.h
+++ b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/repair_self_intersections.h
@@ -1152,6 +1152,9 @@ bool adapt_patch(std::vector<std::vector<Point> >& point_patch,
     put(local_vpm, v, projector(get(local_vpm, v)));
 
   // The projector can create degenerate faces
+  for (halfedge_descriptor h : border_hedges)
+    if (is_degenerate_triangle_face(face(opposite(h, local_mesh), local_mesh), local_mesh))
+      return !has_SI;
   if(!remove_degenerate_faces(local_mesh))
     return !has_SI;
 
@@ -2035,7 +2038,7 @@ remove_self_intersections_one_step(std::set<typename boost::graph_traits<Triangl
 
 #ifdef CGAL_PMP_REMOVE_SELF_INTERSECTION_OUTPUT_INTERMEDIATE_FULL_MESH
     fname = "results/mesh_at_step_"+std::to_string(step)+"_CC_"+std::to_string(cc_id)+".off";
-    CGAL::IO::write_polygon_mesh(fname, tmesh, CGAL::parameters::stream_precision);
+    CGAL::IO::write_polygon_mesh(fname, tmesh, CGAL::parameters::stream_precision(17));
 #endif
 
     // expand the region to be filled