diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapeFacePyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapeFacePyImp.cpp
index 64730029e7..34b820f0fc 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapeFacePyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapeFacePyImp.cpp
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ PyObject* TopoShapeFacePy::validate(PyObject *args)
             if (!aChecker.IsValid()) {
                 ShapeFix_Shape fix(mkFace.Face());
                 fix.SetPrecision(Precision::Confusion());
-                fix.SetMaxTolerance(Precision::Confusion());
+                fix.SetMinTolerance(Precision::Confusion());
                 fix.SetMaxTolerance(Precision::Confusion());
                 fix.Perform();
                 fix.FixWireTool()->Perform();