diff --git a/src/finiteArea/include/createFaMesh.H b/src/finiteArea/include/createFaMesh.H
index 303a3ee17..f24282c3c 100644
--- a/src/finiteArea/include/createFaMesh.H
+++ b/src/finiteArea/include/createFaMesh.H
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 
-    faMesh aMesh(mesh);
+    const faMesh& aMesh = faMesh::New(mesh);