diff --git a/CommonTools/PileupAlgos/src/PuppiContainer.cc b/CommonTools/PileupAlgos/src/PuppiContainer.cc
index d1e7134184993..b70a5170fc504 100644
--- a/CommonTools/PileupAlgos/src/PuppiContainer.cc
+++ b/CommonTools/PileupAlgos/src/PuppiContainer.cc
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ void PuppiContainer::initialize(const std::vector<RecoObj> &iRecoObjects) {
         // float nom = sqrt((fRecoParticle.m)*(fRecoParticle.m) + (fRecoParticle.pt)*(fRecoParticle.pt)*(cosh(fRecoParticle.eta))*(cosh(fRecoParticle.eta))) + (fRecoParticle.pt)*sinh(fRecoParticle.eta);//hacked
         // float denom = sqrt((fRecoParticle.m)*(fRecoParticle.m) + (fRecoParticle.pt)*(fRecoParticle.pt));//hacked
         // float rapidity = log(nom/denom);//hacked
-        curPseudoJet.reset_PtYPhiM(fRecoParticle.pt,fRecoParticle.rapidity,fRecoParticle.phi,fRecoParticle.m);//hacked
+	if (edm::isFinite(fRecoParticle.rapidity)){
+	  curPseudoJet.reset_PtYPhiM(fRecoParticle.pt,fRecoParticle.rapidity,fRecoParticle.phi,fRecoParticle.m);//hacked
+	} else {
+	  curPseudoJet.reset_PtYPhiM(0, 99., 0, 0);//skipping may have been a better choice
+	}
         //curPseudoJet.reset_PtYPhiM(fRecoParticle.pt,fRecoParticle.eta,fRecoParticle.phi,fRecoParticle.m);
         int puppi_register = 0;
         if(fRecoParticle.id == 0 or fRecoParticle.charge == 0)  puppi_register = 0; // zero is neutral hadron