diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/Gui/SectionCutting.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/Gui/SectionCutting.cpp
index ec128dee3f..ddf2c15b7d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/Gui/SectionCutting.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/Gui/SectionCutting.cpp
@@ -1962,8 +1962,9 @@ SbBox3f SectionCut::getViewBoundingBox()
     }
     Gui::View3DInventorViewer* viewer = view->getViewer();
     SoCamera* camera = viewer->getSoRenderManager()->getCamera();
-    if (!camera || !camera->isOfType(SoOrthographicCamera::getClassTypeId()))
+    if (!camera) {
         return Box; // return an empty box
+    }
     // get scene bounding box
     SoGetBoundingBoxAction action(viewer->getSoRenderManager()->getViewportRegion());
     action.apply(viewer->getSceneGraph());