diff --git a/src/Core/RideItem.cpp b/src/Core/RideItem.cpp
index 36ce62983..22f701df9 100644
--- a/src/Core/RideItem.cpp
+++ b/src/Core/RideItem.cpp
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ RideItem::updateIntervals()
              continue;
 
         // skip empty backward intervals
-        if (interval->start >= interval->stop) continue;
+        if (interval->start > interval->stop) continue;
 
         // create a new interval item
         const int seq = count; // if passed directly, it could be incremented BEFORE being evaluated for the sequence arg as arg eval order is undefined