diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/basic/basicThermo/basicThermo.C b/src/thermophysicalModels/basic/basicThermo/basicThermo.C
index 6b29193690e169733490fe8c531d7f8155aa37fc..b0ca4163b7fd695cb1e904b0400c30f53f543aa5 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/basic/basicThermo/basicThermo.C
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/basic/basicThermo/basicThermo.C
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     |
     \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2016 OpenFOAM Foundation
-     \\/     M anipulation  | Copyright (C) 2017 OpenCFD Ltd.
+     \\/     M anipulation  | Copyright (C) 2017-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Foam::volScalarField& Foam::basicThermo::lookupOrConstruct
         );
 
         // Transfer ownership of this object to the objectRegistry
-        ptr->store(ptr);
+        ptr->store();
     }
 
     return *ptr;