diff --git a/src/regionModels/surfaceFilmModels/kinematicSingleLayer/kinematicSingleLayer.C b/src/regionModels/surfaceFilmModels/kinematicSingleLayer/kinematicSingleLayer.C
index d0a12c305c..21d86aa6fa 100644
--- a/src/regionModels/surfaceFilmModels/kinematicSingleLayer/kinematicSingleLayer.C
+++ b/src/regionModels/surfaceFilmModels/kinematicSingleLayer/kinematicSingleLayer.C
@@ -521,7 +521,8 @@ kinematicSingleLayer::kinematicSingleLayer
             IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
         ),
         regionMesh(),
-        dimensionedScalar("zero", dimless, 0.0)
+        dimensionedScalar("zero", dimless, 0.0),
+        zeroGradientFvPatchScalarField::typeName
     ),
     U_
     (