diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/RateConverter.hpp b/opm/simulators/wells/RateConverter.hpp
index 9704d2cb7..91ac14afe 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/RateConverter.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/RateConverter.hpp
@@ -552,6 +552,26 @@ namespace Opm {
                     return { rs, rv };
                 }
 
+#define BURN_RESV_BRIDGES 0
+
+#if !BURN_RESV_BRIDGES
+
+                auto b = rs;
+                if (io >= 0 && ig >= 0) {
+                    b = surface_rates[ig] / (surface_rates[io] + 1.0e-15);
+                }
+                const double Rs = std::min(rs, b);
+
+                b = rv;
+                if (io >= 0 && ig >= 0) {
+                    b = surface_rates[io] / (surface_rates[ig] + 1.0e-15);
+                }
+                const double Rv = std::min(rv, b);
+
+                return { Rs, Rv };
+
+#else // BURN_RESV_BRIDGES
+
                 auto eps = std::copysign(1.0e-15, surface_rates[io]);
                 const auto Rs = surface_rates[ig] / (surface_rates[io] + eps);
 
@@ -562,6 +582,10 @@ namespace Opm {
                     std::clamp(static_cast<double>(Rs), 0.0, rs),
                     std::clamp(static_cast<double>(Rv), 0.0, rv)
                 };
+
+#endif  // BURN_RESV_BRIDGES
+
+#undef BURN_RESV_BRIDGES
             }
         };