diff --git a/src/lagrangian/basic/Particle/Particle.C b/src/lagrangian/basic/Particle/Particle.C
index ec1d09a00f..6c8cbe4aa1 100644
--- a/src/lagrangian/basic/Particle/Particle.C
+++ b/src/lagrangian/basic/Particle/Particle.C
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ Foam::scalar Foam::Particle<ParticleType>::trackToFace
     // slightly towards the cell-centre.
     if (trackFraction < SMALL)
     {
-        position_ += 1.0e-6*(mesh.cellCentres()[celli_] - position_);
+        position_ += 1.0e-3*(mesh.cellCentres()[celli_] - position_);
     }
 
     return trackFraction;