diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/cvMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMeshConformToSurface.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/cvMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMeshConformToSurface.C
index 349a7299da..847974a2f4 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/cvMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMeshConformToSurface.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/cvMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/conformalVoronoiMeshConformToSurface.C
@@ -2212,13 +2212,13 @@ void Foam::conformalVoronoiMesh::addSurfaceAndEdgeHits
     DynamicList<Foam::point>& existingSurfacePtLocations
 ) const
 {
-    bool keepSurfacePoint = true;
-
     const scalar cellSize = targetCellSize(vert);
     const scalar cellSizeSqr = sqr(cellSize);
 
     forAll(surfHit, sI)
     {
+        bool keepSurfacePoint = true;
+
         pointIndexHit surfHitI = surfHit[sI];
         label hitSurfaceI = hitSurface[sI];