diff --git a/libmeanfield/interface/solver/enthalpy_admissibility.cppm b/libmeanfield/interface/solver/enthalpy_admissibility.cppm
index 6c58d9b..a8ab6d7 100644
--- a/libmeanfield/interface/solver/enthalpy_admissibility.cppm
+++ b/libmeanfield/interface/solver/enthalpy_admissibility.cppm
@@ -492,6 +492,15 @@ export namespace mean_field::solver {
                 MPI_Allreduce(&fraction,&maximum,1,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_MAX,m_space->GetComm()) != MPI_SUCCESS)
                 throw std::runtime_error("Could not validate the collective enthalpy repair fraction.");
             if (minimum != maximum) throw std::invalid_argument("The enthalpy repair fraction must agree across ranks.");
+            bool finite = true;
+            for (int i = 0; i < Size(); ++i)
+                finite = finite && std::isfinite(base(i)) && std::isfinite(anchor(i)) &&
+                    std::isfinite(originalDirection(i));
+            if (enthalpy_detail::CollectiveMaximum(finite ? 0 : 1,m_space->GetComm())) {
+                PolynomialSignReport report;
+                report.status = PolynomialSignStatus::non_finite;
+                return report;
+            }
             mfem::Vector repaired(Size()), candidate(Size());
             for (int i = 0; i < Size(); ++i) {
                 repaired(i) = fraction == 0.0 ? originalDirection(i) :