diff --git a/src/parallel/decompose/decompositionMethods/hierarchGeomDecomp/hierarchGeomDecomp.C b/src/parallel/decompose/decompositionMethods/hierarchGeomDecomp/hierarchGeomDecomp.C
index 921e04d2aa..a61bc785c1 100644
--- a/src/parallel/decompose/decompositionMethods/hierarchGeomDecomp/hierarchGeomDecomp.C
+++ b/src/parallel/decompose/decompositionMethods/hierarchGeomDecomp/hierarchGeomDecomp.C
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void Foam::hierarchGeomDecomp::setDecompOrder()
             << exit(FatalIOError);
     }
 
-    for (label i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+    for (label i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
     {
         if (order[i] == 'x')
         {
@@ -693,8 +693,7 @@ Foam::labelList Foam::hierarchGeomDecomp::decompose
         slice[i] = i;
     }
 
-    pointField rotatedPoints = rotDelta_ & points;
-
+    pointField rotatedPoints(rotDelta_ & points);
 
     // Calculate tolerance of cell distribution. For large cases finding
     // distibution to the cell exact would cause too many iterations so allow
@@ -735,7 +734,7 @@ Foam::labelList Foam::hierarchGeomDecomp::decompose
         slice[i] = i;
     }
 
-    pointField rotatedPoints = rotDelta_ & points;
+    pointField rotatedPoints(rotDelta_ & points);
 
     // Calculate tolerance of cell distribution. For large cases finding
     // distibution to the cell exact would cause too many iterations so allow
@@ -775,6 +774,4 @@ Foam::hierarchGeomDecomp::hierarchGeomDecomp
 }
 
 
-// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
-
 // ************************************************************************* //
diff --git a/src/parallel/decompose/decompositionMethods/simpleGeomDecomp/simpleGeomDecomp.C b/src/parallel/decompose/decompositionMethods/simpleGeomDecomp/simpleGeomDecomp.C
index d7f45bb1e7..99e219f599 100644
--- a/src/parallel/decompose/decompositionMethods/simpleGeomDecomp/simpleGeomDecomp.C
+++ b/src/parallel/decompose/decompositionMethods/simpleGeomDecomp/simpleGeomDecomp.C
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Foam::labelList Foam::simpleGeomDecomp::decompose(const pointField& points)
         pointIndices[i] = i;
     }
 
-    pointField rotatedPoints = rotDelta_ & points;
+    const pointField rotatedPoints(rotDelta_ & points);
 
     // and one to take the processor group id's. For each direction.
     // we assign the processors to groups of processors labelled
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Foam::labelList Foam::simpleGeomDecomp::decompose
         pointIndices[i] = i;
     }
 
-    pointField rotatedPoints = rotDelta_ & points;
+    const pointField rotatedPoints(rotDelta_ & points);
 
     // and one to take the processor group id's. For each direction.
     // we assign the processors to groups of processors labelled
diff --git a/src/parallel/distributed/distributedTriSurfaceMesh/distributedTriSurfaceMesh.C b/src/parallel/distributed/distributedTriSurfaceMesh/distributedTriSurfaceMesh.C
index 6f1b4f036d..0043b68af4 100644
--- a/src/parallel/distributed/distributedTriSurfaceMesh/distributedTriSurfaceMesh.C
+++ b/src/parallel/distributed/distributedTriSurfaceMesh/distributedTriSurfaceMesh.C
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ namespace Foam
     };
 }
 
+
 const Foam::NamedEnum<Foam::distributedTriSurfaceMesh::distributionType, 3>
     Foam::distributedTriSurfaceMesh::distributionTypeNames_;