diff --git a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/repair.h b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/repair.h
index 51851a4fac1..8b181459a35 100644
--- a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/repair.h
+++ b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/repair.h
@@ -240,13 +240,14 @@ std::size_t remove_connected_components_of_negligible_size(TriangleMesh& tmesh,
   for(face_descriptor f : faces(tmesh))
   {
     const std::size_t i = face_cc[f];
-    if(!cc_closeness[i])
+    if(!cc_closeness[i]){
       continue;
+    }
 
-      const FT fv = cv3(origin,
-                        get(vpm, target(halfedge(f, tmesh), tmesh)),
-                        get(vpm, target(next(halfedge(f, tmesh), tmesh), tmesh)),
-                        get(vpm, target(prev(halfedge(f, tmesh), tmesh), tmesh)));
+    const FT fv = cv3(origin,
+                      get(vpm, target(halfedge(f, tmesh), tmesh)),
+                      get(vpm, target(next(halfedge(f, tmesh), tmesh), tmesh)),
+                      get(vpm, target(prev(halfedge(f, tmesh), tmesh), tmesh)));
 
     component_volumes[i] += fv;
   }
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ std::size_t remove_connected_components_of_negligible_size(TriangleMesh& tmesh,
 #ifdef CGAL_PMP_DEBUG_SMALL_CC_REMOVAL
   std::cout << "Removing " << ccs_to_remove.size() << " CCs" << std::endl;
 #endif
-  if(dry_run){
+  if(!dry_run){
     remove_connected_components(tmesh, ccs_to_remove, face_cc, np);
     CGAL_postcondition(is_valid_polygon_mesh(tmesh));
   }
diff --git a/Polygon_mesh_processing/test/Polygon_mesh_processing/remove_degeneracies_test.cpp b/Polygon_mesh_processing/test/Polygon_mesh_processing/remove_degeneracies_test.cpp
index 8919c7823b8..7058549ed4a 100644
--- a/Polygon_mesh_processing/test/Polygon_mesh_processing/remove_degeneracies_test.cpp
+++ b/Polygon_mesh_processing/test/Polygon_mesh_processing/remove_degeneracies_test.cpp
@@ -248,7 +248,11 @@ void remove_negligible_connected_components(const char* filename)
 
   // Could also have used default paramaters, which does the job by itself
   std::cout << "---------\ndefault values..." << std::endl;
-  PMP::remove_connected_components_of_negligible_size(mesh_cpy);
+
+  std::size_t nb_to_be_rm = PMP::remove_connected_components_of_negligible_size(mesh_cpy, CGAL::parameters::dry_run(true));
+  assert(nb_to_be_rm ==
+  PMP::remove_connected_components_of_negligible_size(mesh_cpy));
+
   assert(PMP::internal::number_of_connected_components(mesh_cpy) == 1);
 }
 
@@ -308,6 +312,7 @@ void test()
                                6, 7, 2, 4, 3, 3);
 
   remove_negligible_connected_components<K, Mesh>("data_degeneracies/small_ccs.off");
+
 }
 
 template <typename Kernel>