diff --git a/src/timestep_limiter.h b/src/timestep_limiter.h
index 0d6bc1bd61fa260a44bb3a086e1450c7f0042801..7c4bf6b9e0c00369eaa389d981f6bb0259c33f87 100644
--- a/src/timestep_limiter.h
+++ b/src/timestep_limiter.h
@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ timestep_limiter_prepare_force(struct part *restrict p,
 __attribute__((always_inline)) INLINE static void timestep_limiter_end_force(
     struct part *restrict p) {
 #ifdef SWIFT_DEBUG_CHECKS
+#ifndef WITH_VECTORIZATION
   if (p->time_bin > 0 && p->limiter_data.min_ngb_time_bin == num_time_bins + 1)
     error("Minimal time-bin not computed!");
+#endif
   if (p->limiter_data.min_ngb_time_bin == 0)
     error("Minimal time-bin of neighbours is 0");
 #endif