diff --git a/src/phaseSystemModels/reactingEuler/multiphaseSystem/derivedFvPatchFields/alphatPhaseChangeWallFunction/alphatPhaseChangeWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField.C b/src/phaseSystemModels/reactingEuler/multiphaseSystem/derivedFvPatchFields/alphatPhaseChangeWallFunction/alphatPhaseChangeWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField.C
index e15a790684..b1856cb639 100644
--- a/src/phaseSystemModels/reactingEuler/multiphaseSystem/derivedFvPatchFields/alphatPhaseChangeWallFunction/alphatPhaseChangeWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField.C
+++ b/src/phaseSystemModels/reactingEuler/multiphaseSystem/derivedFvPatchFields/alphatPhaseChangeWallFunction/alphatPhaseChangeWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField.C
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ alphatPhaseChangeWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField
 
     if (dict.found("mDotL"))
     {
-        dmdt_ = scalarField("mDotL", dict, p.size());
+        mDotL_ = scalarField("mDotL", dict, p.size());
     }
 }