diff --git a/applications/test/volPointInterpolation/volPointInterpolationTest.C b/applications/test/volPointInterpolation/volPointInterpolationTest.C
index 07329ac349..d44dcf9fa4 100644
--- a/applications/test/volPointInterpolation/volPointInterpolationTest.C
+++ b/applications/test/volPointInterpolation/volPointInterpolationTest.C
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         mesh
     );
 
-    pointMesh pMesh(mesh);
-    volPointInterpolation pInterp(mesh, pMesh);
+    const volPointInterpolation& pInterp = volPointInterpolation::New(mesh);
 
     pointScalarField pp(pInterp.interpolate(p));
     pp.write();