diff --git a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/viewFactorsGen/viewFactorsGen.C b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/viewFactorsGen/viewFactorsGen.C
index 385df00967..b1d1321c82 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/viewFactorsGen/viewFactorsGen.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/viewFactorsGen/viewFactorsGen.C
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Description
 
 using namespace Foam;
 
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
 triSurface triangulate
 (
@@ -208,19 +209,27 @@ scalar calculateViewFactorFij
 {
     vector r = i - j;
     scalar rMag = mag(r);
-    scalar dAiMag = mag(dAi);
-    scalar dAjMag = mag(dAj);
 
-    vector ni = dAi/dAiMag;
-    vector nj = dAj/dAjMag;
-    scalar cosThetaJ = mag(nj & r)/rMag;
-    scalar cosThetaI = mag(ni & r)/rMag;
+    if (rMag > SMALL)
+    {
+        scalar dAiMag = mag(dAi);
+        scalar dAjMag = mag(dAj);
 
-    return
-    (
-        (cosThetaI*cosThetaJ*dAjMag*dAiMag)
-       /(sqr(rMag)*constant::mathematical::pi)
-    );
+        vector ni = dAi/dAiMag;
+        vector nj = dAj/dAjMag;
+        scalar cosThetaJ = mag(nj & r)/rMag;
+        scalar cosThetaI = mag(ni & r)/rMag;
+
+        return
+        (
+            (cosThetaI*cosThetaJ*dAjMag*dAiMag)
+            /(sqr(rMag)*constant::mathematical::pi)
+        );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
 }