diff --git a/src/Mod/MeshPart/App/MeshFlatteningLscmRelax.cpp b/src/Mod/MeshPart/App/MeshFlatteningLscmRelax.cpp
index b115af21a5..b7240c3edd 100644
--- a/src/Mod/MeshPart/App/MeshFlatteningLscmRelax.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/MeshPart/App/MeshFlatteningLscmRelax.cpp
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ void LscmRelax::rotate_by_min_bound_area()
     double phi;
     double min_phi = 0;
     double  min_area = 0;
-    bool x_dominant;
+    bool x_dominant = 0;
     // rotate vector by 90 degree and find min area
     for (int i = 0; i < n + 1; i++ )
     {
@@ -661,11 +661,11 @@ void LscmRelax::rotate_by_min_bound_area()
             min_phi = phi;
             x_dominant = x_distance > y_distance;
         }
-        Eigen::Matrix<double, 2, 2> rot;
-        min_phi += x_dominant * M_PI / 2;
-        rot << std::cos(min_phi), std::sin(min_phi), -std::sin(min_phi), std::cos(min_phi);
-        this->flat_vertices = rot * this->flat_vertices;
     }
+    Eigen::Matrix<double, 2, 2> rot;
+    min_phi += x_dominant * M_PI / 2;
+    rot << std::cos(min_phi), std::sin(min_phi), -std::sin(min_phi), std::cos(min_phi);
+    this->flat_vertices = rot * this->flat_vertices;
 }
 
 std::vector<long> LscmRelax::get_fem_fixed_pins()