diff --git a/etc/controlDict b/etc/controlDict
index 45dad87437..f6a1120cfc 100644
--- a/etc/controlDict
+++ b/etc/controlDict
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ DebugSwitches
     fvSymmTensorMatrix  0;
     fvTensorMatrix      0;
     fvVectorMatrix      0;
-    fvsPatchField       1;
+    fvsPatchField       0;
     general             0;
     generic             0;
     genericPatch        0;