diff --git a/changes.rst b/changes.rst
index c0a783779..f8d33603f 100644
--- a/changes.rst
+++ b/changes.rst
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Bug fixes:
    resource requirement would not always be correctly be ignored when the task 
    duration is zero. (:bugref:`589`)
 -  Fix handling of float values in ``.mpc`` parameter configuration files.
+-  Fix crash in SCIP plugin due to incorrect loading of ``SCIPinfinity`` symbol.
 
 .. _v2.6.3:
 
diff --git a/solvers/MIP/MIP_scip_wrap.cpp b/solvers/MIP/MIP_scip_wrap.cpp
index a004c8af8..724be24b0 100644
--- a/solvers/MIP/MIP_scip_wrap.cpp
+++ b/solvers/MIP/MIP_scip_wrap.cpp
@@ -78,9 +78,7 @@ void ScipPlugin::load() {
   load_symbol(SCIPcreateVarBasic);
   load_symbol(SCIPaddVar);
   load_symbol(SCIPreleaseVar);
-#ifndef NDEBUG
   load_symbol(SCIPinfinity);
-#endif
   load_symbol(SCIPcreateConsBasicLinear);
   load_symbol(SCIPcreateConsBasicQuadratic);
   load_symbol(SCIPaddCons);