Mysql Inner join with OR condition?

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I have 2 tables like below

location_distance

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id   | fromLocid    | toLocid   |  distance
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1    |  3           |  5        |   70
2    |  6           |  8        |   15
3    |  2           |  4        |   63
...

other_table

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Id  | fromLocid   | toLocid    | otherdata
--------------------------------------------
12  |  5          | 3          | xxxx
22  |  2          | 4          | xxxx   
56  |  8          | 6          | xxxx
78  |  3          | 5          | xxxx

I would like to retrieve the distance b/w the locations in other_table for each row. Here's what i've tried

SELECT ot.*, ld.distance FROM other_table AS ot 
    INNER JOIN location_distance ld ON ld.fromLocid = ot.fromLocid AND ld.toLocid = ot.toLocid

This doesnt return the rows if the locations values are vice versa. How can i rewrite the above query to produce expected result? Should i inlude OR condition on the join clause? like below?

SELECT ot.*, ld.distance FROM other_table AS ot 
    INNER JOIN location_distance ld ON (ld.fromLocid = ot.fromLocid OR ld.fromLocid = ot.toLocid) AND (ld.toLocid = ot.fromLocid OR ld.toLocid = ot.fromLocid)

but this query Explain says "Range checked for each record". .. is this a bad practise?

Result

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Id  | fromLocid | toLocid    | otherdata   | distance
--------------------------------------------------------
22  |  2        |   4        | xxxx        | 63
78  |  3        |   5        | xxxx        | 70

Expected Result should be

-----------------------------------------------------
Id  | fromLocid   | toLocid   | otherdata  | distance
-----------------------------------------------------
12  |   5         |    3      | xxxx       | 70
22  |   2         |    4      | xxxx       | 63
56  |   8         |    6      | xxxx       | 15 
78  |   3         |    5      | xxxx       | 70
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