diff --git a/src/surfMesh/writers/ensight/ensightSurfaceWriterCollated.C b/src/surfMesh/writers/ensight/ensightSurfaceWriterCollated.C
index e80fce7999..727cd66b64 100644
--- a/src/surfMesh/writers/ensight/ensightSurfaceWriterCollated.C
+++ b/src/surfMesh/writers/ensight/ensightSurfaceWriterCollated.C
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Foam::fileName Foam::surfaceWriters::ensightWriter::writeCollated
             mkDir(outputFile.path());
         }
 
-        scalar meshValue = 0;
+        scalar meshValue = timeValue;
         label meshIndex = 0;
         label timeIndex = 0;