diff --git a/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/readPIMPLEControls.H b/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/readPIMPLEControls.H
index 82ac8a2fd2..7405dee8d5 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/readPIMPLEControls.H
+++ b/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/readPIMPLEControls.H
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
     // We do not have a top-level mesh. Construct the fvSolution for
     // the runTime instead.
-    runTime.readOpt() = IOobject::MUST_READ_IF_MODIFIED;
     fvSolution solutionDict(runTime);
 
     const dictionary& pimple = solutionDict.subDict("PIMPLE");
diff --git a/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/redistributeMeshPar/redistributeMeshPar.C b/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/redistributeMeshPar/redistributeMeshPar.C
index 11922c3c38..674e464f2c 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/redistributeMeshPar/redistributeMeshPar.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/redistributeMeshPar/redistributeMeshPar.C
@@ -641,14 +641,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     );
 #   include "setRootCase.H"
 
-    //- Not useful anymore. See above.
-    //// Create processor directory if non-existing
-    //if (!Pstream::master() && !isDir(args.path()))
-    //{
-    //    Pout<< "Creating case directory " << args.path() << endl;
-    //    mkDir(args.path());
-    //}
+    // Create processor directory if non-existing
+    if (!Pstream::master() && !isDir(args.path()))
+    {
+        Pout<< "Creating case directory " << args.path() << endl;
+        mkDir(args.path());
+    }
 
+
+    // Make sure we do not use the master-only reading.
+    regIOobject::fileModificationChecking = regIOobject::timeStamp;
 #   include "createTime.H"
 
     word regionName = polyMesh::defaultRegion;
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/db/Time/Time.C b/src/OpenFOAM/db/Time/Time.C
index af3b5544d8..c44b3393d5 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/db/Time/Time.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/db/Time/Time.C
@@ -260,6 +260,10 @@ Foam::Time::Time
     readLibs_(controlDict_, "libs"),
     functionObjects_(*this)
 {
+    // Explicitly set read flags on objectRegistry so anything constructed
+    // from it reads as well (e.g. fvSolution).
+    readOpt() = IOobject::MUST_READ_IF_MODIFIED;
+
     setControls();
 
     // Time objects not registered so do like objectRegistry::checkIn ourselves.
@@ -342,10 +346,13 @@ Foam::Time::Time
     readLibs_(controlDict_, "libs"),
     functionObjects_(*this)
 {
+    // Explicitly set read flags on objectRegistry so anything constructed
+    // from it reads as well (e.g. fvSolution).
+    readOpt() = IOobject::MUST_READ_IF_MODIFIED;
+
     // Since could not construct regIOobject with setting:
     controlDict_.readOpt() = IOobject::MUST_READ_IF_MODIFIED;
 
-
     setControls();
 
     // Time objects not registered so do like objectRegistry::checkIn ourselves.