diff --git a/src/wordrec/segsearch.cpp b/src/wordrec/segsearch.cpp
index 4e5ac6ecfd..9a0b8dcffa 100644
--- a/src/wordrec/segsearch.cpp
+++ b/src/wordrec/segsearch.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ void Wordrec::SegSearch(WERD_RES *word_res, BestChoiceBundle *best_choice_bundle
     if (chop_enable && word_res->chopped_word != nullptr) {
       improve_by_chopping(rating_cert_scale, word_res, best_choice_bundle, blamer_bundle,
                           &pain_points, &pending);
+      InitialSegSearch(word_res, &pain_points, &pending, best_choice_bundle, blamer_bundle);
     }
     if (chop_debug) {
       SEAM::PrintSeams("Final seam list:", word_res->seam_array);