diff --git a/ArduPlane/quadplane.cpp b/ArduPlane/quadplane.cpp
index e6b07a2ac2..0805c74b69 100644
--- a/ArduPlane/quadplane.cpp
+++ b/ArduPlane/quadplane.cpp
@@ -2501,7 +2501,11 @@ void QuadPlane::vtol_position_controller(void)
         const float distance = diff_wp.length();
         const Vector2f rel_groundspeed_vector = landing_closing_velocity();
         const float rel_groundspeed_sq = rel_groundspeed_vector.length_squared();
-        const float closing_groundspeed = rel_groundspeed_vector * diff_wp.normalized();
+        float closing_groundspeed = 0;
+
+        if (distance > 0.1) {
+            closing_groundspeed = rel_groundspeed_vector * diff_wp.normalized();
+        }
 
         // calculate speed we should be at to reach the position2
         // target speed at the position2 distance threshold, assuming