diff --git a/source/processes/electromagnetic/utils/src/G4EmParameters.cc b/source/processes/electromagnetic/utils/src/G4EmParameters.cc
index 987208cfc51a20db756207507219a4ad891b7081..b53f0a5c6ebb29a7ef5871a35eaf9913a35351ad 100644
--- a/source/processes/electromagnetic/utils/src/G4EmParameters.cc
+++ b/source/processes/electromagnetic/utils/src/G4EmParameters.cc
@@ -455,7 +455,8 @@ void G4EmParameters::SetGeneralProcessActive(G4bool val)
   gener = val;
   // if general interaction is enabled then sub-cutoff and 
   // force interaction options should be disabled
-  if(gener) { fBParameters->Initialise(); }
+  // *** Comment the following line to backport a bug fix from G4v11r0 
+  //if(gener) { fBParameters->Initialise(); }
 }
 
 G4bool G4EmParameters::GeneralProcessActive() const