diff --git a/src/core/geometry/qgsgeos.cpp b/src/core/geometry/qgsgeos.cpp
index f16cc29577d..e91e3e5f33f 100644
--- a/src/core/geometry/qgsgeos.cpp
+++ b/src/core/geometry/qgsgeos.cpp
@@ -888,18 +888,10 @@ QgsGeometryEngine::EngineOperationResult QgsGeos::splitPolygonGeometry( GEOSGeom
   }
   GEOSGeom_destroy_r( geosinit.ctxt, polygons );
 
-  bool splitDone = true;
   int nGeometriesThis = numberOfGeometries( mGeos ); //original number of geometries
-  if ( testedGeometries.size() == nGeometriesThis )
-  {
-    splitDone = false;
-  }
-
-  mergeGeometriesMultiTypeSplit( testedGeometries );
-
-  //no split done, preserve original geometry
-  if ( !splitDone )
+  if ( testedGeometries.empty() || testedGeometries.size() == nGeometriesThis )
   {
+    //no split done, preserve original geometry
     for ( int i = 0; i < testedGeometries.size(); ++i )
     {
       GEOSGeom_destroy_r( geosinit.ctxt, testedGeometries[i] );
@@ -907,6 +899,8 @@ QgsGeometryEngine::EngineOperationResult QgsGeos::splitPolygonGeometry( GEOSGeom
     return NothingHappened;
   }
 
+  mergeGeometriesMultiTypeSplit( testedGeometries );
+
   int i;
   for ( i = 0; i < testedGeometries.size() && GEOSisValid_r( geosinit.ctxt, testedGeometries[i] ); ++i )
     ;
diff --git a/tests/src/core/testqgsgeometry.cpp b/tests/src/core/testqgsgeometry.cpp
index ab294050098..abfda953bce 100644
--- a/tests/src/core/testqgsgeometry.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/core/testqgsgeometry.cpp
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ class TestQgsGeometry : public QObject
     void createCollectionOfType();
 
     void minimalEnclosingCircle( );
+    void splitGeometry();
 
   private:
     //! A helper method to do a render check to see if the geometry op is as expected
@@ -15553,6 +15554,16 @@ void TestQgsGeometry::minimalEnclosingCircle()
 
 }
 
+void TestQgsGeometry::splitGeometry()
+{
+  QgsGeometry g1 = QgsGeometry::fromWkt( QStringLiteral( "Polygon ((492980.38648063864093274 7082334.45244149677455425, 493082.65415841294452548 7082319.87918917648494244, 492980.38648063858272508 7082334.45244149677455425, 492980.38648063864093274 7082334.45244149677455425))" ) );
+  QList<QgsGeometry> newGeoms;
+  QList<QgsPointXY> testPoints;
+  QCOMPARE( g1.splitGeometry( QList< QgsPointXY >() << QgsPointXY( 493825.46541286131832749, 7082214.02779923938214779 ) << QgsPointXY( 492955.04876351181883365, 7082338.06309300474822521 ),
+                              newGeoms, false, testPoints ), QgsGeometry::NothingHappened );
+  QVERIFY( newGeoms.isEmpty() );
+}
+
 
 QGSTEST_MAIN( TestQgsGeometry )
 #include "testqgsgeometry.moc"