diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/pbvh_bmesh.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/pbvh_bmesh.c
index 14a2ee0c3e7..1a0ddac03d7 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/pbvh_bmesh.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/pbvh_bmesh.c
@@ -823,15 +823,16 @@ static bool pbvh_bmesh_subdivide_long_edges(EdgeQueueContext *eq_ctx, PBVH *bvh,
 	return any_subdivided;
 }
 
-static void pbvh_bmesh_collapse_edge(PBVH *bvh, BMEdge *e,
-                                     BMVert *v1, BMVert *v2,
-                                     GSet *deleted_verts,
-                                     BLI_Buffer *edge_loops,
-                                     BLI_Buffer *deleted_faces,
-                                     EdgeQueueContext *eq_ctx)
+static void pbvh_bmesh_collapse_edge(
+        PBVH *bvh, BMEdge *e,
+        BMVert *v1, BMVert *v2,
+        GSet *deleted_verts,
+        BLI_Buffer *deleted_faces,
+        EdgeQueueContext *eq_ctx)
 {
 	BMIter bm_iter;
 	BMFace *f;
+	BMLoop *l_adj;
 	BMVert *v_del, *v_conn;
 	int i;
 	float mask_v1 = BM_ELEM_CD_GET_FLOAT(v1, eq_ctx->cd_vert_mask_offset);
@@ -846,15 +847,11 @@ static void pbvh_bmesh_collapse_edge(PBVH *bvh, BMEdge *e,
 		v_conn = v1;
 	}
 
-	/* Get all faces adjacent to the edge */
-	pbvh_bmesh_edge_loops(edge_loops, e);
-
 	/* Remove the merge vertex from the PBVH */
 	pbvh_bmesh_vert_remove(bvh, v_del, eq_ctx->cd_vert_node_offset, eq_ctx->cd_face_node_offset);
 
 	/* Remove all faces adjacent to the edge */
-	for (i = 0; i < edge_loops->count; i++) {
-		BMLoop *l_adj = BLI_buffer_at(edge_loops, BMLoop *, i);
+	while ((l_adj = e->l)) {
 		BMFace *f_adj = l_adj->f;
 
 		pbvh_bmesh_face_remove(bvh, f_adj, eq_ctx->cd_vert_node_offset, eq_ctx->cd_face_node_offset);
@@ -973,10 +970,10 @@ static void pbvh_bmesh_collapse_edge(PBVH *bvh, BMEdge *e,
 	BM_vert_kill(bvh->bm, v_del);
 }
 
-static bool pbvh_bmesh_collapse_short_edges(EdgeQueueContext *eq_ctx,
-                                            PBVH *bvh,
-                                            BLI_Buffer *edge_loops,
-                                            BLI_Buffer *deleted_faces)
+static bool pbvh_bmesh_collapse_short_edges(
+        EdgeQueueContext *eq_ctx,
+        PBVH *bvh,
+        BLI_Buffer *deleted_faces)
 {
 	float min_len_squared = bvh->bm_min_edge_len * bvh->bm_min_edge_len;
 	GSet *deleted_verts;
@@ -1020,7 +1017,7 @@ static bool pbvh_bmesh_collapse_short_edges(EdgeQueueContext *eq_ctx,
 		any_collapsed = true;
 
 		pbvh_bmesh_collapse_edge(bvh, e, v1, v2,
-		                         deleted_verts, edge_loops,
+		                         deleted_verts,
 		                         deleted_faces, eq_ctx);
 	}
 
@@ -1230,7 +1227,7 @@ bool BKE_pbvh_bmesh_update_topology(PBVH *bvh, PBVHTopologyUpdateMode mode,
 
 		short_edge_queue_create(&eq_ctx, bvh, center, radius);
 		modified |= !BLI_heap_is_empty(q.heap);
-		pbvh_bmesh_collapse_short_edges(&eq_ctx, bvh, &edge_loops,
+		pbvh_bmesh_collapse_short_edges(&eq_ctx, bvh,
 		                                &deleted_faces);
 		BLI_heap_free(q.heap, NULL);
 		BLI_mempool_destroy(queue_pool);
diff --git a/source/blender/bmesh/intern/bmesh_queries.c b/source/blender/bmesh/intern/bmesh_queries.c
index 685e5443583..40e0356e14c 100644
--- a/source/blender/bmesh/intern/bmesh_queries.c
+++ b/source/blender/bmesh/intern/bmesh_queries.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ BMLoop *BM_vert_find_first_loop(BMVert *v)
 {
 	BMEdge *e;
 
-	if (!v || !v->e)
+	if (!v->e)
 		return NULL;
 
 	e = bmesh_disk_faceedge_find_first(v->e, v);