diff --git a/openvdb/openvdb/tools/MeshToVolume.h b/openvdb/openvdb/tools/MeshToVolume.h
index 2aac956e75..669ed621d7 100644
--- a/openvdb/openvdb/tools/MeshToVolume.h
+++ b/openvdb/openvdb/tools/MeshToVolume.h
@@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@ checkNeighbours(const Index pos, const typename LeafNodeType::ValueType * data,
     // i + 1, j, k
     if (mask[0] && Compare::check(data[pos + NodeT::DIM * NodeT::DIM]))                   return true;
     // i+1, j, k-1
-    if (mask[6] && Compare::check(data[pos + NodeT::DIM * NodeT::DIM]))                   return true;
+    if (mask[6] && Compare::check(data[pos + NodeT::DIM * NodeT::DIM - 1]))               return true;
     // i-1, j, k-1
     if (mask[7] && Compare::check(data[pos - NodeT::DIM * NodeT::DIM - 1]))               return true;
     // i+1, j, k+1
diff --git a/pendingchanges/meshtovolumecheckneighboursoffset.txt b/pendingchanges/meshtovolumecheckneighboursoffset.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a98a68a26f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pendingchanges/meshtovolumecheckneighboursoffset.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+OpenVDB:
+  Bug Fixes:
+  - Fixed an incorrect voxel offset in MeshToVolume.h's checkNeighbours() that caused the
+    (i+1, j, k-1) edge-adjacent neighbor to be checked at the wrong location, duplicating
+    the (i+1, j, k) neighbor instead.