diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/moveDyMEngineMesh/moveDyMEngineMesh.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/moveDyMEngineMesh/moveDyMEngineMesh.C
index 93460e69b..467c14dbd 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/moveDyMEngineMesh/moveDyMEngineMesh.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/moveDyMEngineMesh/moveDyMEngineMesh.C
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Author
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-    argList::validOptions.insert("checkFrequency", "");
+    argList::validOptions.insert("checkFrequency", "int");
 
 #   include "setRootCase.H"
 #   include "createEngineTime.H"
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     // Read check frequency
     label checkFrequency = 1;
-
     args.optionReadIfPresent("checkFrequency", checkFrequency);
 
     fileName path = runTime.caseName();
diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/moveDynamicMesh/moveDynamicMesh.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/moveDynamicMesh/moveDynamicMesh.C
index ec19cac50..717f8ab18 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/moveDynamicMesh/moveDynamicMesh.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/moveDynamicMesh/moveDynamicMesh.C
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ using namespace Foam;
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-    argList::validOptions.insert("checkFrequency", "");
+    argList::validOptions.insert("checkFrequency", "int");
 
 #   include "setRootCase.H"
 #   include "createTime.H"
@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 #       include "checkVolContinuity.H"
 
-        mesh.checkMesh(true);
+        if (runTime.timeIndex() % checkFrequency == 0)
+        {
+            mesh.checkMesh(true);
+        }
 
         runTime.write();