diff --git a/SRC/dlarrf.f b/SRC/dlarrf.f
index 1f1b8c7db..9b6fe329b 100644
--- a/SRC/dlarrf.f
+++ b/SRC/dlarrf.f
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@
       ELSE
 *        None of the representations investigated satisfied our
 *        criteria. Take the best one we found.
-         IF((SMLGROWTH.LT.FAIL).OR.NOFAIL) THEN
+         IF((SMLGROWTH.LT.FAIL*SPDIAM).OR.NOFAIL) THEN
             LSIGMA = BESTSHIFT
             RSIGMA = BESTSHIFT
             FORCER = .TRUE.
diff --git a/SRC/slarrf.f b/SRC/slarrf.f
index 33486f73e..7eeae0a38 100644
--- a/SRC/slarrf.f
+++ b/SRC/slarrf.f
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@
       ELSE
 *        None of the representations investigated satisfied our
 *        criteria. Take the best one we found.
-         IF((SMLGROWTH.LT.FAIL).OR.NOFAIL) THEN
+         IF((SMLGROWTH.LT.FAIL*SPDIAM).OR.NOFAIL) THEN
             LSIGMA = BESTSHIFT
             RSIGMA = BESTSHIFT
             FORCER = .TRUE.