diff --git a/src/dynamicMesh/motionSmoother/motionSmootherAlgo.C b/src/dynamicMesh/motionSmoother/motionSmootherAlgo.C
index b6c1bd183c..a953c66ea6 100644
--- a/src/dynamicMesh/motionSmoother/motionSmootherAlgo.C
+++ b/src/dynamicMesh/motionSmoother/motionSmootherAlgo.C
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ void Foam::motionSmootherAlgo::minSmooth
     }
 
     // Single and multi-patch constraints
-    pointConstraints::New(newFld.mesh()).constrain(newFld, false);
+    pointConstraints::New(mesh()).constrain(newFld, false);
 }
 
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ void Foam::motionSmootherAlgo::minSmooth
     }
 
    // Single and multi-patch constraints
-    pointConstraints::New(newFld.mesh()).constrain(newFld, false);
+    pointConstraints::New(mesh()).constrain(newFld, false);
 
 }
 
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ void Foam::motionSmootherAlgo::scaleField
     }
 
     // Single and multi-patch constraints
-    pointConstraints::New(fld.mesh()).constrain(fld, false);
+    pointConstraints::New(mesh()).constrain(fld, false);
 }
 
 
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ void Foam::motionSmootherAlgo::subtractField
     }
 
     // Single and multi-patch constraints
-    pointConstraints::New(fld.mesh()).constrain(fld);
+    pointConstraints::New(mesh()).constrain(fld);
 }
 
 
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ void Foam::motionSmootherAlgo::setDisplacementPatchFields
     }
 
     // Multi-patch constraints
-    pointConstraints::New(displacement.mesh()).constrainCorners(displacement);
+    pointConstraints::New(displacement.mesh()()).constrainCorners(displacement);
 
     // Adapt the fixedValue bc's (i.e. copy internal point data to
     // boundaryField for all affected patches) to take the changes caused
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ void Foam::motionSmootherAlgo::correctBoundaryConditions
     }
 
     // Multi-patch constraints
-    pointConstraints::New(displacement.mesh()).constrainCorners(displacement);
+    pointConstraints::New(displacement.mesh()()).constrainCorners(displacement);
 
     // Correct for problems introduced by corner constraints
     syncTools::syncPointList
diff --git a/src/dynamicMesh/motionSmoother/motionSmootherAlgoTemplates.C b/src/dynamicMesh/motionSmoother/motionSmootherAlgoTemplates.C
index fa847ff328..f78a11a9a3 100644
--- a/src/dynamicMesh/motionSmoother/motionSmootherAlgoTemplates.C
+++ b/src/dynamicMesh/motionSmoother/motionSmootherAlgoTemplates.C
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ Foam::motionSmootherAlgo::avg
     }
 
     // Single and multi-patch constraints
-    pointConstraints::New(res.mesh()).constrain(res, false);
+    pointConstraints::New(mesh).constrain(res, false);
 
     return tres;
 }
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ void Foam::motionSmootherAlgo::smooth
     }
 
     // Single and multi-patch constraints
-    pointConstraints::New(newFld.mesh()).constrain(newFld, false);
+    pointConstraints::New(mesh_).constrain(newFld, false);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/pointConstraints.C b/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/pointConstraints.C
index bb370fffb8..5bc4d56e94 100644
--- a/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/pointConstraints.C
+++ b/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/pointConstraints.C
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ void pointConstraints::makePatchPatchAddressing()
             << endl;
     }
 
-    const pointMesh& pMesh = mesh();
-    const polyMesh& mesh = pMesh();
+    //const polyMesh& mesh = mesh();
+    const pointMesh& pMesh = pointMesh::New(mesh());
 
     const pointBoundaryMesh& pbm = pMesh.boundary();
-    const polyBoundaryMesh& bm = mesh.boundaryMesh();
+    const polyBoundaryMesh& bm = mesh().boundaryMesh();
 
 
     // first count the total number of patch-patch points
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ void pointConstraints::makePatchPatchAddressing()
     // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
     {
-        const globalMeshData& gd = mesh.globalData();
+        const globalMeshData& gd = mesh().globalData();
         const labelListList& globalPointSlaves = gd.globalPointSlaves();
         const mapDistribute& globalPointSlavesMap = gd.globalPointSlavesMap();
         const Map<label>& cpPointMap = gd.coupledPatch().meshPointMap();
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ void pointConstraints::makePatchPatchAddressing()
                 {
                     //Pout<< "on meshpoint:" << meshPointI
                     //    << " coupled:" << coupledPointI
-                    //    << " at:" << mesh.points()[meshPointI]
+                    //    << " at:" << mesh().points()[meshPointI]
                     //    << " have new constraint:"
                     //    << constraints[coupledPointI]
                     //    << endl;
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ void pointConstraints::makePatchPatchAddressing()
                 {
                     //Pout<< "on meshpoint:" << meshPointI
                     //    << " coupled:" << coupledPointI
-                    //    << " at:" << mesh.points()[meshPointI]
+                    //    << " at:" << mesh().points()[meshPointI]
                     //    << " have possibly extended constraint:"
                     //    << constraints[coupledPointI]
                     //    << endl;
@@ -323,9 +323,10 @@ void pointConstraints::makePatchPatchAddressing()
 
 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Constructors  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
-pointConstraints::pointConstraints(const pointMesh& pm)
+//pointConstraints::pointConstraints(const pointMesh& pm)
+pointConstraints::pointConstraints(const polyMesh& pm)
 :
-    MeshObject<pointMesh, Foam::UpdateableMeshObject, pointConstraints>(pm)
+    MeshObject<polyMesh, Foam::UpdateableMeshObject, pointConstraints>(pm)
 {
     makePatchPatchAddressing();
 }
@@ -334,7 +335,12 @@ pointConstraints::pointConstraints(const pointMesh& pm)
 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Destructor  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
 pointConstraints::~pointConstraints()
-{}
+{
+    if (debug)
+    {
+        Pout<< "pointConstraints::~pointConstraints()" << endl;
+    }
+}
 
 
 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
@@ -375,9 +381,9 @@ void pointConstraints::constrainDisplacement
 
     // Apply any 2D motion constraints (or should they go before
     // corner constraints?)
-    twoDPointCorrector::New(mesh()()).correctDisplacement
+    twoDPointCorrector::New(mesh()).correctDisplacement
     (
-        mesh()().points(),
+        mesh().points(),
         pf.internalField()
     );
 
diff --git a/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/pointConstraints.H b/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/pointConstraints.H
index 06515ba003..b5256155ee 100644
--- a/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/pointConstraints.H
+++ b/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/pointConstraints.H
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ Description
           coupled to points which are not on any constraint patch and we
           don't want to get inconsistency between the two points.
 
+    Note: is currently MeshObject on polyMesh but should really be on
+          pointMesh. The problem is that pointMesh::updateMesh never
+          gets called (since currently polyMesh gets reset and destroys
+          pointMesh)
+
 SourceFiles
     pointConstraints.C
     pointConstraintsTemplates.C
@@ -62,7 +67,8 @@ class polyMesh;
 
 class pointConstraints
 :
-    public MeshObject<pointMesh, UpdateableMeshObject, pointConstraints>
+//See above:public MeshObject<pointMesh, UpdateableMeshObject, pointConstraints>
+    public MeshObject<polyMesh, UpdateableMeshObject, pointConstraints>
 {
     // Private data
 
@@ -97,7 +103,8 @@ public:
     // Constructors
 
         //- Constructor from pointMesh.
-        explicit pointConstraints(const pointMesh&);
+        //explicit pointConstraints(const pointMesh&);
+        explicit pointConstraints(const polyMesh&);
 
 
     //- Destructor
diff --git a/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/pointConstraintsTemplates.C b/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/pointConstraintsTemplates.C
index 724d827e7f..c30ee47c2a 100644
--- a/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/pointConstraintsTemplates.C
+++ b/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/pointConstraintsTemplates.C
@@ -139,7 +139,12 @@ void pointConstraints::constrain
     pf.correctBoundaryConditions();
 
     // Sync any dangling points
-    syncUntransformedData(mesh()(), pf.internalField(), maxMagSqrEqOp<Type>());
+    syncUntransformedData
+    (
+        pf.mesh()(),
+        pf.internalField(),
+        maxMagSqrEqOp<Type>()
+    );
 
     // Apply multiple constraints on edge/corner points
     constrainCorners(pf);
diff --git a/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/volPointInterpolate.C b/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/volPointInterpolate.C
index 2c9bf7d5e4..16b3abed4e 100644
--- a/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/volPointInterpolate.C
+++ b/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/volPointInterpolate.C
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ void volPointInterpolation::interpolateBoundaryField
     interpolateBoundaryField(vf, pf);
 
     // Apply constraints
-    const pointConstraints& pcs = pointConstraints::New(pf.mesh());
+    const pointConstraints& pcs = pointConstraints::New(vf.mesh());
 
     pcs.constrain(pf, overrideFixedValue);
 }
diff --git a/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/volPointInterpolation.C b/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/volPointInterpolation.C
index 7a307d31ae..53e1e4c448 100644
--- a/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/volPointInterpolation.C
+++ b/src/finiteVolume/interpolation/volPointInterpolation/volPointInterpolation.C
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ void volPointInterpolation::interpolateDisplacement
     interpolateBoundaryField(vf, pf);
 
     // Apply displacement constraints
-    const pointConstraints& pcs = pointConstraints::New(pf.mesh());
+    const pointConstraints& pcs = pointConstraints::New(vf.mesh());
 
     pcs.constrainDisplacement(pf, false);
 }