diff --git a/src/mesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh.C b/src/mesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh.C
index 52177d155b..0e24ff017d 100644
--- a/src/mesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh.C
+++ b/src/mesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh.C
@@ -1211,8 +1211,6 @@ void Foam::conformalVoronoiMesh::insertBoundingPoints()
 
 void Foam::conformalVoronoiMesh::insertInitialPoints()
 {
-    startOfInternalPoints_ = number_of_vertices();
-
     Info<< nl << "Inserting initial points" << endl;
 
     timeCheck("Before initial points call");
@@ -1894,6 +1892,8 @@ Foam::conformalVoronoiMesh::conformalVoronoiMesh
 
     insertFeaturePoints();
 
+    startOfInternalPoints_ = number_of_vertices();
+
     insertInitialPoints();
 
     // Improve the guess that the backgroundMeshDecomposition makes with the