diff --git a/image_analysis/bragg_integration/BraggIntegrationEngineMetal.mm b/image_analysis/bragg_integration/BraggIntegrationEngineMetal.mm
index c5cf46860..7c902dd7b 100644
--- a/image_analysis/bragg_integration/BraggIntegrationEngineMetal.mm
+++ b/image_analysis/bragg_integration/BraggIntegrationEngineMetal.mm
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ std::vector<Reflection> BraggIntegrationEngineMetal::Run(const ImagePreprocessor
                                                          const std::vector<Reflection> &predicted,
                                                          size_t npredicted, int64_t image_number) {
     // An image of another size, and a frame with nothing predicted, the CPU engine answers as it would.
-    if (image.size() != npixel || npredicted == 0)
+    // So does a frame whose radial curve was handed over and is in use: the ring's clip then follows the
+    // curve (RadialClipOffset), which the clip kernel here does not, and the CPU gives that result exactly.
+    if (image.size() != npixel || npredicted == 0 || (bkg_radial && !radial_curve.empty()))
         return BraggIntegrationEngineCPU::Run(image, predicted, npredicted, image_number);
 
     dev->img = nil;
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ std::vector<Reflection> BraggIntegrationEngineMetal::Run(const ImagePreprocessor
         f.use_owner = use_owner;
         f.exclude = overlap == OverlapMode::Exclude && mode != IntegratorMode::BoxSum;
         // The curve is added up on the GPU only where none was handed over (RadialBackgroundFromRings):
-        // StartPassA sizes its sums for that case alone. The clip does not follow a handed-over curve here.
+        // StartPassA sizes its sums for that case alone. A handed-over curve in use never gets here (above).
         const bool accumulate_radial = bkg_radial && radial_curve.empty();
         f.n_rad = accumulate_radial ? a.n_rad : 0;
         f.static_mask_words = static_cast<uint32_t>(static_mask.size());
diff --git a/tests/BraggIntegrationEngineMetalTest.cpp b/tests/BraggIntegrationEngineMetalTest.cpp
index 92b5af4eb..c602d3132 100644
--- a/tests/BraggIntegrationEngineMetalTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/BraggIntegrationEngineMetalTest.cpp
@@ -253,6 +253,30 @@ TEST_CASE("BraggIntegrationEngineMetal_BitIdenticalToCPU", "[portable][Integrati
     }
 }
 
+// A radial curve handed over from the whole frame (RadialBackgroundFromRings) makes the ring's clip follow
+// it, which the clip kernel does not: such a frame is integrated by the CPU engine, so the result is the
+// CPU's exactly and no frame goes to the GPU.
+TEST_CASE("BraggIntegrationEngineMetal_HandedOverRadialCurveStaysOnCPU", "[portable][Integration][Metal]") {
+    Case c;
+    c.radial = true;
+    const DiffractionExperiment x = MakeExperiment(DetJF(2), c);
+    const PixelMask mask(x);
+    BraggIntegrationEngineCPU cpu(x, mask);
+    BraggIntegrationEngineMetal metal(x, mask);
+    std::vector<float> rings(400);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < rings.size(); ++i)
+        rings[i] = 1.0f + 0.002f * static_cast<float>(i * i);
+    cpu.RadialBackgroundFromRings(rings, static_cast<int32_t>(rings.size()), 0.05f, 0.01f);
+    metal.RadialBackgroundFromRings(rings, static_cast<int32_t>(rings.size()), 0.05f, 0.01f);
+    ImagePreprocessorBuffer image(x.GetPixelsNum());
+    const Frame f = RandomFrame(x, 7, {});
+    std::copy(f.image.begin(), f.image.end(), image.data());
+    const auto out_cpu = cpu.Run(image, f.predicted, f.predicted.size(), 0);
+    RequireSame(out_cpu, metal.Run(image, f.predicted, f.predicted.size(), 0));
+    CHECK(out_cpu.size() > 1000);
+    CHECK(metal.FramesOnGPU() == 0);
+}
+
 // The trimmed-mean background sorts each ring, which only the CPU engine does: such a run keeps the CPU
 // engine (MXAnalysisWithoutFPGA asks Available).
 TEST_CASE("BraggIntegrationEngineMetal_TrimmedMeanStaysOnCPU", "[portable][Integration][Metal]") {