diff --git a/src/regionModels/surfaceFilmModels/submodels/kinematic/transferModels/transferModelList/transferModelList.C b/src/regionModels/surfaceFilmModels/submodels/kinematic/transferModels/transferModelList/transferModelList.C
index 7c73b32c9..8cbce8818 100644
--- a/src/regionModels/surfaceFilmModels/submodels/kinematic/transferModels/transferModelList/transferModelList.C
+++ b/src/regionModels/surfaceFilmModels/submodels/kinematic/transferModels/transferModelList/transferModelList.C
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ transferModelList::transferModelList
 {
     const wordList activeModels
     (
-        dict.lookupOrDefault("transferModels", wordList::null())
+        dict.lookupOrDefault("transferModels", wordList())
     );
 
     wordHashSet models;