diff --git a/Surface_mesh_deformation/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_deformation.h b/Surface_mesh_deformation/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_deformation.h
index 8ae9e55a587..8ea4a79d9ce 100644
--- a/Surface_mesh_deformation/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_deformation.h
+++ b/Surface_mesh_deformation/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_deformation.h
@@ -823,8 +823,6 @@ public:
    */
   void reset()
   {
-    if(roi.empty()) { return; } // no ROI to reset
-
     region_of_solution(); // since we are using original vector
 
     //restore the current positions to be the original positions