diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/mesh.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/mesh.c
index be25296638b..16cf18b9a50 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/mesh.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/mesh.c
@@ -2303,7 +2303,7 @@ int mesh_recalcTesselation(CustomData *fdata,
 	mp = mpoly;
 	polyorigIndex = CustomData_get_layer(pdata, CD_ORIGINDEX);
 	for (i=0; i<totpoly; i++, mp++) {
-		if (mp->totloop < 2) {
+		if (mp->totloop < 3) {
 			/* do nothing */
 		}