Let G be a 2-connected graph with maximum degree Δ (G)≥d, and let x and y be distinct vertices of G. Let W be a subset of V(G)−{x, y} with cardinality at most d−1. Suppose that max{dG(u), dG(v)}≥d for every pair of vertices u and v in V(G)−({x, y}∪W) with dG(u,v)=2. Then x and y are connected by a path of length at least d−|W|.