diff --git a/meshLibrary/utilities/meshes/polyMeshGenChecks/polyMeshGenChecksGeometry.C b/meshLibrary/utilities/meshes/polyMeshGenChecks/polyMeshGenChecksGeometry.C
index a71c44449b2324f7c9a3e2f2131acc22784ecc73..fd299864b2c60324a0bfbacc5c1a9755d90ed208 100644
--- a/meshLibrary/utilities/meshes/polyMeshGenChecks/polyMeshGenChecksGeometry.C
+++ b/meshLibrary/utilities/meshes/polyMeshGenChecks/polyMeshGenChecksGeometry.C
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ void checkFaceSkewness
                       + cNei*dOwn/(dOwn+dNei);
 
                     faceSkewness[faceI] =
-                        mag(fCentres[start+faceI] - faceIntersection)
+                        mag(fCentres[faceI] - faceIntersection)
                         /(mag(cOwn - cNei) + VSMALL);
                 }
             }