diff --git a/src/regionModels/surfaceFilmModels/kinematicSingleLayer/kinematicSingleLayer.C b/src/regionModels/surfaceFilmModels/kinematicSingleLayer/kinematicSingleLayer.C
index 48277b261d..b52b25b5a9 100644
--- a/src/regionModels/surfaceFilmModels/kinematicSingleLayer/kinematicSingleLayer.C
+++ b/src/regionModels/surfaceFilmModels/kinematicSingleLayer/kinematicSingleLayer.C
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ kinematicSingleLayer::kinematicSingleLayer
     surfaceFilmModel(modelType, mesh, g),
 
     momentumPredictor_(solution().subDict("PISO").lookup("momentumPredictor")),
-    nOuterCorr_(readLabel(solution().subDict("PISO").lookup("nOuterCorr"))),
+    nOuterCorr_(solution().subDict("PISO").lookupOrDefault("nOuterCorr", 1)),
     nCorr_(readLabel(solution().subDict("PISO").lookup("nCorr"))),
     nNonOrthCorr_
     (