diff --git a/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/decomposePar/decomposePar.C b/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/decomposePar/decomposePar.C
index 92e947d0e4..e01ba16a89 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/decomposePar/decomposePar.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/decomposePar/decomposePar.C
@@ -455,11 +455,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             }
 
             // Clear the field maps if there has been topology change
-            if
-            (
-                state == fvMesh::TOPO_CHANGE
-             || state == fvMesh::TOPO_PATCH_CHANGE
-            )
+            if (state >= fvMesh::TOPO_CHANGE)
             {
                 for (label proci = 0; proci < meshes.nProcs(); proci++)
                 {
diff --git a/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.C b/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.C
index 6f91433ebb..0f465cc1ae 100644
--- a/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.C
+++ b/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.C
@@ -766,6 +766,18 @@ Foam::polyMesh::readUpdateState Foam::fvMesh::readUpdate()
         stitcher_->connect(false, false, true);
     }
 
+    // If the mesh has been re-stitched with different geometry, then the
+    // finite-volume topology has changed
+    if
+    (
+        stitcher_.valid()
+     && stitcher_->stitches()
+     && state == polyMesh::POINTS_MOVED
+    )
+    {
+        state = polyMesh::TOPO_CHANGE;
+    }
+
     return state;
 }