diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp
index d5bf0bde8a..bed6ae1d0f 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ void EntityTreeRenderer::entityCollisionWithEntity(const EntityItemID& idA, cons
     }
     // Don't respond to small continuous contacts.
     const float COLLISION_MINUMUM_PENETRATION = 0.002f;
-    if ((collision.type != CONTACT_EVENT_TYPE_START) && (glm::length(collision.penetration) < COLLISION_MINUMUM_PENETRATION)) {
+    if ((collision.type == CONTACT_EVENT_TYPE_CONTINUE) && (glm::length(collision.penetration) < COLLISION_MINUMUM_PENETRATION)) {
         return;
     }