Index: src/app/qgsmaptoolselectutils.cpp
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--- src/app/qgsmaptoolselectutils.cpp	(revision 706)
+++ src/app/qgsmaptoolselectutils.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
   QgsFeatureIds newSelectedFeatures;
   QgsFeature f;
   int closestFeatureId = 0;
+  bool foundSingleFeature = false;
   double closestFeatureDist = std::numeric_limits<double>::max();
   while ( vlayer->nextFeature( f ) )
   {
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@
     }
     if ( singleSelect )
     {
+      foundSingleFeature = true;
       double distance = g->distance( selectGeomTrans );
       if ( distance <= closestFeatureDist )
       {
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@
       newSelectedFeatures.insert( f.id() );
     }
   }
-  if ( singleSelect && closestFeatureId > 0 )
+  if ( singleSelect && foundSingleFeature )
   {
     newSelectedFeatures.insert( closestFeatureId );
   }