diff --git a/Tetrahedral_remeshing/include/CGAL/Tetrahedral_remeshing/internal/FMLS.h b/Tetrahedral_remeshing/include/CGAL/Tetrahedral_remeshing/internal/FMLS.h
index 500279aad4b..470a60defd2 100644
--- a/Tetrahedral_remeshing/include/CGAL/Tetrahedral_remeshing/internal/FMLS.h
+++ b/Tetrahedral_remeshing/include/CGAL/Tetrahedral_remeshing/internal/FMLS.h
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ private:
       for (std::size_t i = 0; i < 3; i++)
       {
         res[i] = (std::size_t)ceil((minMax[3 + i] - minMax[i]) / cellSize);
-        if(res[1] == 0)
+        if(res[i] == 0)
           res[i] = 1;
       }