diff --git a/pychunkedgraph/graph/edits.py b/pychunkedgraph/graph/edits.py
index 2edfd3137..d2523715b 100644
--- a/pychunkedgraph/graph/edits.py
+++ b/pychunkedgraph/graph/edits.py
@@ -603,6 +603,9 @@ def _update_skipped_neighbors(self, node, layer, parent_layer):
             layer_edges = cx_edges_d.get(l, types.empty_2d)
             neighbors = layer_edges[:, 1]
             for n in neighbors:
+                if n in self._new_old_id_d:
+                    # ignore new ids
+                    continue
                 res = self._update_neighbor_parents(n, parent_layer, updated_parents)
                 updated_parents.update(res)