diff --git a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/setFields/setFields.C b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/setFields/setFields.C
index 34a781b589..7af5dbab14 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/setFields/setFields.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/setFields/setFields.C
@@ -241,11 +241,11 @@ bool setFaceFieldType
         label nNonProcPatches = 0;
         forAll(fieldBf, patchi)
         {
-            nNonProcPatches = patchi;
             if (isA<processorFvPatch>(mesh.boundary()[patchi]))
             {
                 break;
             }
+            nNonProcPatches = patchi + 1;
         }
 
         // Create a copy of the boundary field