diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/interpolations/interpolateXY/interpolateXY.C b/src/OpenFOAM/interpolations/interpolateXY/interpolateXY.C
index 5c45e33bd3..45cff57a7a 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/interpolations/interpolateXY/interpolateXY.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/interpolations/interpolateXY/interpolateXY.C
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Field<Type> interpolateXY
     const Field<Type>& yOld
 )
 {
-    scalarField yNew(xNew.size());
+    Field<Type> yNew(xNew.size());
 
     forAll(xNew, i)
     {