diff --git a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToGMV/gmvOutputLagrangian.H b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToGMV/gmvOutputLagrangian.H
index c3d545402d..3d7c4827a0 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToGMV/gmvOutputLagrangian.H
+++ b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToGMV/gmvOutputLagrangian.H
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ gmvFile << nl;
 
 forAll(lagrangianScalarNames, i)
 {
-    const word name = lagrangianScalarNames[i];
+    const word& name = lagrangianScalarNames[i];
 
     IOField<scalar> fld
     (
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ forAll(lagrangianScalarNames, i)
 
 forAll(lagrangianVectorNames, i)
 {
-    const word name = lagrangianVectorNames[i];
+    const word& name = lagrangianVectorNames[i];
 
     IOField<vector> fld
     (