diff --git a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/self_intersections.h b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/self_intersections.h
index cd5be80387a..3bbc6a0a800 100644
--- a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/self_intersections.h
+++ b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/self_intersections.h
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ bool does_self_intersect(const FaceRange& face_range,
   {
     return true;
   }
-  #if defined(CGAL_LINKED_WITH_TBB) && !TBB_USE_CAPTURED_EXCEPTION
+  #if defined(CGAL_LINKED_WITH_TBB) && defined(TBB_USE_CAPTURED_EXCEPTION)
   catch (const tbb::captured_exception& e)
   {
     const char* ti1 = e.name();