diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/blockMesh/setEdge.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/blockMesh/setEdge.C
index 92006a5f3e..bb8bd8c305 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/blockMesh/setEdge.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/blockMesh/setEdge.C
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ void blockDescriptor::setEdge(label edgeI, label start, label end, label dim)
                 scalar gExp = calcGexp(expand_[edgeI], dim);
 
                 // divide the line
-                lineDivide divEdge(curvedEdges_[nCEI], dim, 1.0/gExp);
+                lineDivide divEdge(curvedEdges_[nCEI], dim, 1.0/(gExp+SMALL));
 
                 pointField p = divEdge.points();
                 scalarList d = divEdge.lambdaDivisions();