diff --git a/cif/CIFrdutils.c b/cif/CIFrdutils.c
index c99e0622..f8d2d824 100644
--- a/cif/CIFrdutils.c
+++ b/cif/CIFrdutils.c
@@ -876,6 +876,8 @@ path_intersect(pathHead, start, respt)
 		    }
 		}
 	    }
+	    else if (diagonal == FALSE)
+		continue;
 	}
 	else if (diagonal == FALSE)
 	    continue;