diff --git a/src/nfagraph/ng_cyclic_redundancy.cpp b/src/nfagraph/ng_cyclic_redundancy.cpp
index c8d34687..0b24bf07 100644
--- a/src/nfagraph/ng_cyclic_redundancy.cpp
+++ b/src/nfagraph/ng_cyclic_redundancy.cpp
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ bool removeCyclicPathRedundancy(Graph &g, typename Graph::vertex_descriptor v,
 
             DEBUG_PRINTF("  - checking w %zu\n", g[w].index);
 
-            if (!searchForward(g, reach, colours, s, w)) {
+            if (!searchForward(g, reach, colours, succ_v, w)) {
                 continue;
             }