diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/advanced/autoRefineMesh/autoRefineMesh.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/advanced/autoRefineMesh/autoRefineMesh.C
index cf33a413b6..9433725104 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/advanced/autoRefineMesh/autoRefineMesh.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/advanced/autoRefineMesh/autoRefineMesh.C
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ void subsetMesh
     (
         cellLabels,
         exposedFaces,
-        labelList(patchI, exposedFaces.size()),
+        labelList(exposedFaces.size(), patchI),
         meshMod
     );