diff --git a/src/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundaryDynamicMesh/movingImmersedBoundary/movingImmersedBoundary.C b/src/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundaryDynamicMesh/movingImmersedBoundary/movingImmersedBoundary.C
index 0098a5133..92bc07ce4 100644
--- a/src/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundaryDynamicMesh/movingImmersedBoundary/movingImmersedBoundary.C
+++ b/src/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundaryDynamicMesh/movingImmersedBoundary/movingImmersedBoundary.C
@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ void Foam::movingImmersedBoundary::movePoints() const
             U.boundaryField()[patchID]    
         );
 
-    // Set refValue_ to moving boundary velocity
-    ibPatchField.refValue() = 
-        transform(sbmfPtr_->velocity(), refIbSurface_.points());
 
     const immersedBoundaryPolyPatch& cibPatch =
         refCast<const immersedBoundaryPolyPatch>
@@ -104,6 +101,10 @@ void Foam::movingImmersedBoundary::movePoints() const
     immersedBoundaryPolyPatch& ibPatch =
         const_cast<immersedBoundaryPolyPatch&>(cibPatch);
 
+    // Set refValue_ to moving boundary velocity
+    ibPatchField.refValue() = 
+        transform(sbmfPtr_->velocity(), ibPatch.ibMesh().coordinates());
+
     // Move points
     ibPatch.moveTriSurfacePoints
     (