diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/advanced/selectCells/selectCells.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/advanced/selectCells/selectCells.C
index 7b4d17764c..2fa0f20ada 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/advanced/selectCells/selectCells.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/advanced/selectCells/selectCells.C
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   =========                 |
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     |
-    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2004-2010 OpenCFD Ltd.
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2004-2011 OpenCFD Ltd.
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
@@ -388,7 +388,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     {
         const point& outsidePoint = outsidePts[outsideI];
 
-        if (queryMesh.findCell(outsidePoint, -1, false) == -1)
+        label cellI = queryMesh.findCell(outsidePoint, -1, false);
+        if (returnReduce(cellI, maxOp<label>()) == -1)
         {
             FatalErrorIn(args.executable())
                 << "outsidePoint " << outsidePoint
diff --git a/src/meshTools/surfaceSets/surfaceSets.C b/src/meshTools/surfaceSets/surfaceSets.C
index 99f47d68d9..492cc33834 100644
--- a/src/meshTools/surfaceSets/surfaceSets.C
+++ b/src/meshTools/surfaceSets/surfaceSets.C
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   =========                 |
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     |
-    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2004-2010 OpenCFD Ltd.
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2004-2011 OpenCFD Ltd.
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
@@ -237,27 +237,6 @@ void Foam::surfaceSets::getSurfaceSets
     // Construct search engine on mesh
     meshSearch queryMesh(mesh, true);
 
-
-    // Check all 'outside' points
-    forAll(outsidePts, outsideI)
-    {
-        const point& outsidePoint = outsidePts[outsideI];
-
-        // Find cell point is in. Linear search.
-        if (queryMesh.findCell(outsidePoint, -1, false) == -1)
-        {
-            FatalErrorIn
-            (
-                "surfaceSets::getSurfaceSets"
-                "(const polyMesh&, const fileName&, const triSurface&"
-                ", const triSurfaceSearch&, const pointField&"
-                ", labelHashSet&, labelHashSet&, labelHashSet&)"
-            )   << "outsidePoint " << outsidePoint
-                << " is not inside any cell"
-                << exit(FatalError);
-        }
-    }
-
     // Cut faces with surface and classify cells
     cellClassification cellType
     (