diff --git a/iModelCore/GeomLibs/geom/src/polyface/PolyfaceSectionMTG.h b/iModelCore/GeomLibs/geom/src/polyface/PolyfaceSectionMTG.h
index 59a928cb64..96b59fd4b4 100644
--- a/iModelCore/GeomLibs/geom/src/polyface/PolyfaceSectionMTG.h
+++ b/iModelCore/GeomLibs/geom/src/polyface/PolyfaceSectionMTG.h
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ bool CollectAndVisitSuperFace(bvector<MTGNodeId>& superFace, MTGNodeId seed, MTG
 
 // Mark exterior super-faces in the graph if they are unambiguous.
 // @param avoidMask [in] super-faces follow fSucc pointers where the next edge at a vertex is the first vPred without this mask
-// @param mask [in] what exterior faces are marked with (e.g., visitMask)
+// @param mask [in] what exterior faces will be marked with
 // @param planeNormal [in] the plane in which signed xy-areas are computed. In this plane, exterior and interior
 //        faces have xy-areas with opposite sign.
 // @param graphIsReversed [out] on a true return, whether the graph's interior face loops are CW with respect to planeNormal
@@ -783,6 +783,9 @@ bool MarkExteriorSuperFaces(MTGMask avoidMask, MTGMask mask, DVec3dCR planeNorma
     MTGARRAY_END_SET_LOOP(nodeId, &m_graph)
     m_graph.DropMask(myVisitMask);
 
+    if (superFaceAreas.empty())
+        return false;
+
     double areaTol = this->m_coordinateMap->GetXYZAbsTol();
     double smallestArea = areaTol * areaTol;
     areaTol = smallestArea + this->m_coordinateMap->GetXYZRelTol() * maxAbsArea;
diff --git a/iModelCore/GeomLibs/geom/test/PolyfaceTest/t_section.cpp b/iModelCore/GeomLibs/geom/test/PolyfaceTest/t_section.cpp
index 2dea8949c6..4923b48c12 100644
--- a/iModelCore/GeomLibs/geom/test/PolyfaceTest/t_section.cpp
+++ b/iModelCore/GeomLibs/geom/test/PolyfaceTest/t_section.cpp
@@ -260,6 +260,35 @@ TEST(Polyface, PlaneSlice)
     Check::ClearGeometry("Polyface.PlaneSlice");
     }
 
+TEST(Polyface, PlaneSlice2)
+    {
+    BeFileName fullPathName;
+    BeTest::GetHost().GetDocumentsRoot(fullPathName);
+    fullPathName.AppendToPath(L"GeomLibsTestData").AppendToPath(L"Polyface").AppendToPath(L"Clipping").AppendToPath(L"mesh-small-open.imjs");
+
+    DPlane3d plane = DPlane3d::FromOriginAndNormal(0.0, 0.0, -54.674777215387010, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0);
+    Check::SaveTransformed(plane);
+
+    bvector<IGeometryPtr> geometry;
+    if (Check::True(GTestFileOps::JsonFileToGeometry(fullPathName, geometry), "Parse inputs"))
+        {
+        auto mesh = geometry.front()->GetAsPolyfaceHeader();
+        if (Check::True(mesh.IsValid(), "Have mesh") && Check::True(mesh->HasFacets(), "Nonempty mesh"))
+            {
+            Check::SaveTransformed(mesh);
+            auto slice = mesh->PlaneSlice(plane, true);    // as called by ClipPlaneSet::ClipPlaneSetSectionPolyface in GeometryClipper::ProductCutGeometry
+            if (Check::True(slice.IsValid(), "Slice is valid"))
+                {
+                Check::SaveTransformed(slice);
+                Check::False(slice->IsAnyRegionType(), "Slice is not a region");
+                Check::True(slice->GetBoundaryType() == CurveVector::BOUNDARY_TYPE_None, "Boundary type is None");
+                Check::Size(slice->size(), 4, "Four linestrings in the section");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    Check::ClearGeometry("Polyface.PlaneSlice2");
+    }
+
 enum class DrapeAction
   {
   ClassicDrape,
diff --git a/iModelCore/GeomLibs/geom/test/data/Polyface/Clipping/mesh-small-open.imjs b/iModelCore/GeomLibs/geom/test/data/Polyface/Clipping/mesh-small-open.imjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..077278c3b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iModelCore/GeomLibs/geom/test/data/Polyface/Clipping/mesh-small-open.imjs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
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+	
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