diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/chemistryModel/chemistryModel/ODEChemistryModel/ODEChemistryModel.C b/src/thermophysicalModels/chemistryModel/chemistryModel/ODEChemistryModel/ODEChemistryModel.C
index 5fd80e7239..dfe226da19 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/chemistryModel/chemistryModel/ODEChemistryModel/ODEChemistryModel.C
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/chemistryModel/chemistryModel/ODEChemistryModel/ODEChemistryModel.C
@@ -454,7 +454,20 @@ Foam::ODEChemistryModel<CompType, ThermoType>::tc() const
     scalar pf,cf,pr,cr;
     label lRef, rRef;
 
-    const volScalarField rho = this->thermo().rho();
+    const volScalarField rho
+    (
+        IOobject
+        (
+            "rho",
+            this->time().timeName(),
+            this->mesh(),
+            IOobject::NO_READ,
+            IOobject::NO_WRITE,
+            false
+        ),
+        this->thermo().rho()
+    );
+
     label nCells = rho.size();
     label nReaction = reactions_.size();
 
@@ -582,7 +595,19 @@ Foam::label Foam::ODEChemistryModel<CompType, ThermoType>::nEqns() const
 template<class CompType, class ThermoType>
 void Foam::ODEChemistryModel<CompType, ThermoType>::calculate()
 {
-    const volScalarField rho = this->thermo().rho();
+    const volScalarField rho
+    (
+        IOobject
+        (
+            "rho",
+            this->time().timeName(),
+            this->mesh(),
+            IOobject::NO_READ,
+            IOobject::NO_WRITE,
+            false
+        ),
+        this->thermo().rho()
+    );
 
     for (label i=0; i<nSpecie_; i++)
     {
@@ -629,7 +654,19 @@ Foam::scalar Foam::ODEChemistryModel<CompType, ThermoType>::solve
     const scalar deltaT
 )
 {
-    const volScalarField rho = this->thermo().rho();
+    const volScalarField rho
+    (
+        IOobject
+        (
+            "rho",
+            this->time().timeName(),
+            this->mesh(),
+            IOobject::NO_READ,
+            IOobject::NO_WRITE,
+            false
+        ),
+        this->thermo().rho()
+    );
 
     for (label i=0; i<nSpecie_; i++)
     {
diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/chemistryModel/chemistryModel/ODEChemistryModel/ODEChemistryModelI.H b/src/thermophysicalModels/chemistryModel/chemistryModel/ODEChemistryModel/ODEChemistryModelI.H
index 5abb1591a5..b5264a28d4 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/chemistryModel/chemistryModel/ODEChemistryModel/ODEChemistryModelI.H
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/chemistryModel/chemistryModel/ODEChemistryModel/ODEChemistryModelI.H
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ Foam::ODEChemistryModel<CompType, ThermoType>::RR
             IOobject
             (
                 "RR(" + this->Y_[i].name() + ')',
-                this->thermo().rho()().mesh().time().timeName(),
-                this->thermo().rho()().mesh(),
+                this->time().timeName(),
+                this->mesh(),
                 IOobject::NO_READ,
                 IOobject::NO_WRITE
             ),
-            this->thermo().rho()().mesh(),
+            this->mesh(),
             dimensionedScalar("zero", dimensionSet(1, -3, -1, 0, 0), 0.0),
             zeroGradientFvPatchScalarField::typeName
         )