diff --git a/src/triSurface/triSurface/stitchTriangles.C b/src/triSurface/triSurface/stitchTriangles.C
index 7ef6ad719b..463eb41ba9 100644
--- a/src/triSurface/triSurface/stitchTriangles.C
+++ b/src/triSurface/triSurface/stitchTriangles.C
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ bool triSurface::stitchTriangles
     pointField newPoints;
     bool hasMerged = mergePoints(rawPoints, tol, verbose, pointMap, newPoints);
 
+    pointField& ps = storedPoints();
+
+    // Set the coordinates to the merged ones
+    ps = newPoints;
+
     if (hasMerged)
     {
         if (verbose)
@@ -54,11 +59,6 @@ bool triSurface::stitchTriangles
                 << " points down to " << newPoints.size() << endl;
         }
 
-        pointField& ps = storedPoints();
-
-        // Set the coordinates to the merged ones
-        ps = newPoints;
-
         // Reset the triangle point labels to the unique points array
         label newTriangleI = 0;
         forAll(*this, i)