diff --git a/applications/solvers/incompressible/adjointShapeOptimizationFoam/adjointShapeOptimizationFoam.C b/applications/solvers/incompressible/adjointShapeOptimizationFoam/adjointShapeOptimizationFoam.C
index 97992e8192..a18298f826 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/incompressible/adjointShapeOptimizationFoam/adjointShapeOptimizationFoam.C
+++ b/applications/solvers/incompressible/adjointShapeOptimizationFoam/adjointShapeOptimizationFoam.C
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     Info<< "\nStarting time loop\n" << endl;
 
-    for (runTime++; !runTime.end(); runTime++)
+    while (runTime.loop())
     {
         Info<< "Time = " << runTime.timeName() << nl << endl;