diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d8da71cc..643711b8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.3.297
+8.3.298
diff --git a/extract/ExtBasic.c b/extract/ExtBasic.c
index 1f1977fd..5d3f00f5 100644
--- a/extract/ExtBasic.c
+++ b/extract/ExtBasic.c
@@ -3529,7 +3529,14 @@ extSetNodeNum(reg, plane, tile)
 	if (!SplitSide(tile) && SplitDirection(tile))
 	    type = SplitSide(tile) ? SplitRightType(tile) : SplitLeftType(tile);
 	else if (reg->lreg_pnum == DBNumPlanes)
-	    type = TiGetTypeExact(tile);
+	{
+	    /* Accept tile provisionally anyway */
+	    type = SplitSide(tile) ? SplitRightType(tile) : SplitLeftType(tile);
+	    if ((type == TT_SPACE) || !TTMaskHasType(&DBPlaneTypes[plane], type))
+	    	type = SplitSide(tile) ? SplitLeftType(tile) : SplitRightType(tile);
+	    if ((type == TT_SPACE) || !TTMaskHasType(&DBPlaneTypes[plane], type))
+		return;
+	}
 	else
 	    return;
     }