diff --git a/src/overset/cellCellStencil/cellCellStencil/cellCellStencil.C b/src/overset/cellCellStencil/cellCellStencil/cellCellStencil.C
index 46f826dbfc..7a92b12bb1 100644
--- a/src/overset/cellCellStencil/cellCellStencil/cellCellStencil.C
+++ b/src/overset/cellCellStencil/cellCellStencil/cellCellStencil.C
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ void Foam::cellCellStencil::setUpFrontOnOversetPatch
 void Foam::cellCellStencil::walkFront
 (
     const globalIndex& globalCells,
-    const label layerRelax,
+    const scalar layerRelax,
     const labelListList& allStencil,
     labelList& allCellTypes,
     scalarField& allWeight,
@@ -611,9 +611,11 @@ void Foam::cellCellStencil::walkFront
                                     allWeightWork[nei] = fraction[facei];
                                     allCellTypesWork[nei] = INTERPOLATED;
 
-                                    const label donorId =  compactStencil[nei][0];
+                                    const label donorId =
+                                        compactStencil[nei][0];
 
-                                    volRatio[nei] = V[nei]/compactCellVol[donorId];
+                                    volRatio[nei] =
+                                        V[nei]/compactCellVol[donorId];
 
                                     seedCell
                                     (
diff --git a/src/overset/cellCellStencil/cellCellStencil/cellCellStencil.H b/src/overset/cellCellStencil/cellCellStencil/cellCellStencil.H
index 9d9e1c734d..b106addad8 100644
--- a/src/overset/cellCellStencil/cellCellStencil/cellCellStencil.H
+++ b/src/overset/cellCellStencil/cellCellStencil/cellCellStencil.H
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ public:
         void walkFront
         (
             const globalIndex& globalCells,
-            const label layerRelax,
+            const scalar layerRelax,
             const labelListList& allStencil,
             labelList& allCellTypes,
             scalarField& allWeight,
diff --git a/src/overset/cellCellStencil/inverseDistance/inverseDistanceCellCellStencil.C b/src/overset/cellCellStencil/inverseDistance/inverseDistanceCellCellStencil.C
index 29f5d55102..ea4fe54a4f 100644
--- a/src/overset/cellCellStencil/inverseDistance/inverseDistanceCellCellStencil.C
+++ b/src/overset/cellCellStencil/inverseDistance/inverseDistanceCellCellStencil.C
@@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ Foam::cellCellStencils::inverseDistance::~inverseDistance()
 
 bool Foam::cellCellStencils::inverseDistance::update()
 {
-    label layerRelax(dict_.getOrDefault("layerRelax", 1));
+    scalar layerRelax(dict_.getOrDefault("layerRelax", 1.0));
 
     scalar tol = dict_.getOrDefault("tolerance", 1e-10);
     smallVec_ = mesh_.bounds().span()*tol;