diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/foamyHexMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/cellShapeControl/cellSizeAndAlignmentControl/searchableSurfaceControl/searchableSurfaceControl.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/foamyHexMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/cellShapeControl/cellSizeAndAlignmentControl/searchableSurfaceControl/searchableSurfaceControl.C
index 960023f2af..47b1a64e15 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/foamyHexMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/cellShapeControl/cellSizeAndAlignmentControl/searchableSurfaceControl/searchableSurfaceControl.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/foamyHexMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/cellShapeControl/cellSizeAndAlignmentControl/searchableSurfaceControl/searchableSurfaceControl.C
@@ -463,7 +463,8 @@ void Foam::searchableSurfaceControl::cellSizeFunctionVertices
     DynamicList<scalar>& sizes
 ) const
 {
-    const pointField& points = searchableSurface_.points();
+    const tmp<pointField> tmpPoints = searchableSurface_.points();
+    const pointField& points = tmpPoints();
 
     const scalar nearFeatDistSqrCoeff = 1e-8;