diff --git a/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/reconstructPar/reconstructPar.C b/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/reconstructPar/reconstructPar.C
index db2df9eec..38a3c90f2 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/reconstructPar/reconstructPar.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/reconstructPar/reconstructPar.C
@@ -792,6 +792,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                             );
                         }
                         cellSet& cSet = cellSets[setI];
+                        cSet.instance() = runTime.timeName();
 
                         forAllConstIter(cellSet, procSet, iter)
                         {
@@ -818,6 +819,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                             );
                         }
                         faceSet& fSet = faceSets[setI];
+                        fSet.instance() = runTime.timeName();
 
                         forAllConstIter(faceSet, procSet, iter)
                         {
@@ -843,6 +845,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                             );
                         }
                         pointSet& pSet = pointSets[setI];
+                        pSet.instance() = runTime.timeName();
 
                         forAllConstIter(pointSet, propSet, iter)
                         {