diff --git a/applications/solvers/incompressible/pisoFoam/pisoFoam.C b/applications/solvers/incompressible/pisoFoam/pisoFoam.C
index 1c8a534db2..b2722a466c 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/incompressible/pisoFoam/pisoFoam.C
+++ b/applications/solvers/incompressible/pisoFoam/pisoFoam.C
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
               + turbulence->divDevReff(U)
             );
 
+            UEqn.relax();
+
             if (momentumPredictor)
             {
                 solve(UEqn == -fvc::grad(p));