diff --git a/tutorials/incompressible/simpleSRFFoam/simpleSRFFoam/createFields.H b/tutorials/incompressible/simpleSRFFoam/simpleSRFFoam/createFields.H
index 3e4e11ae3..864b1dd93 100644
--- a/tutorials/incompressible/simpleSRFFoam/simpleSRFFoam/createFields.H
+++ b/tutorials/incompressible/simpleSRFFoam/simpleSRFFoam/createFields.H
@@ -56,3 +56,19 @@
     (
         SRF::SRFModel::New(Urel)
     );
+
+    // Create Uabs as a permanent field to make it available for on-the-fly
+    // post-processing operations
+    volVectorField Uabs
+    (
+        IOobject
+        (
+            "Uabs",
+            runTime.timeName(),
+            mesh,
+            IOobject::NO_READ,
+            IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
+        ),
+        Urel + SRF->U()
+    );
+
diff --git a/tutorials/incompressible/simpleSRFFoam/simpleSRFFoam/simpleSRFFoam.C b/tutorials/incompressible/simpleSRFFoam/simpleSRFFoam/simpleSRFFoam.C
index 99b8e1f2c..4e8768b30 100644
--- a/tutorials/incompressible/simpleSRFFoam/simpleSRFFoam/simpleSRFFoam.C
+++ b/tutorials/incompressible/simpleSRFFoam/simpleSRFFoam/simpleSRFFoam.C
@@ -112,24 +112,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
         turbulence->correct();
 
+        // Recalculate Uabs
+        Uabs = Urel + SRF->U();
 
-        if (runTime.outputTime())
-        {
-            volVectorField Uabs
-            (
-                IOobject
-                (
-                    "Uabs",
-                    runTime.timeName(),
-                    mesh,
-                    IOobject::NO_READ,
-                    IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
-                ),
-                Urel + SRF->U()
-            );
-
-            runTime.write();
-        }
+        runTime.write();
 
         Info<< "ExecutionTime = " << runTime.elapsedCpuTime() << " s"
             << "  ClockTime = " << runTime.elapsedClockTime() << " s"