diff --git a/src/turbulenceModels/LES/compressible/wallFunc/muSgsWallFunction/muSgsWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField.C b/src/turbulenceModels/LES/compressible/wallFunc/muSgsWallFunction/muSgsWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField.C
index ce0437f726..ae40fddaf6 100644
--- a/src/turbulenceModels/LES/compressible/wallFunc/muSgsWallFunction/muSgsWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField.C
+++ b/src/turbulenceModels/LES/compressible/wallFunc/muSgsWallFunction/muSgsWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField.C
@@ -114,12 +114,9 @@ void muSgsWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField::evaluate
     const LESModel& sgsModel
         = db().lookupObject<LESModel>("LESProperties");
 
-    scalar kappa = dimensionedScalar(sgsModel.lookup("kappa")).value();
+    scalar kappa = readScalar(sgsModel.lookup("kappa"));
 
-    scalar E = dimensionedScalar
-    (
-        sgsModel.subDict("wallFunctionCoeffs").lookup("E")
-    ).value();
+    scalar E = readScalar(sgsModel.subDict("wallFunctionCoeffs"));
 
     const scalarField& ry = patch().deltaCoeffs();
 
diff --git a/src/turbulenceModels/LES/incompressible/wallFunc/nuSgsWallFunction/nuSgsWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField.C b/src/turbulenceModels/LES/incompressible/wallFunc/nuSgsWallFunction/nuSgsWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField.C
index f19a0def22..d7be3cf9f0 100644
--- a/src/turbulenceModels/LES/incompressible/wallFunc/nuSgsWallFunction/nuSgsWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField.C
+++ b/src/turbulenceModels/LES/incompressible/wallFunc/nuSgsWallFunction/nuSgsWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField.C
@@ -103,12 +103,9 @@ void nuSgsWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField::evaluate
     const LESModel& sgsModel
         = db().lookupObject<LESModel>("LESProperties");
 
-    scalar kappa = dimensionedScalar(sgsModel.lookup("kappa")).value();
+    scalar kappa = readScalar(sgsModel.lookup("kappa"));
 
-    scalar E = dimensionedScalar
-    (
-        sgsModel.subDict("wallFunctionCoeffs").lookup("E")
-    ).value();
+    scalar E = readScalar(sgsModel.subDict("wallFunctionCoeffs").lookup("E"));
 
     const scalarField& ry = patch().deltaCoeffs();