diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/polyPatches/basic/coupled/coupledPolyPatch.C b/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/polyPatches/basic/coupled/coupledPolyPatch.C
index b26b225690fb3c5e9e80c286cbac290e62a655ac..43addc30da781d607022b1a6fa5e1fa9147c42e6 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/polyPatches/basic/coupled/coupledPolyPatch.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/polyPatches/basic/coupled/coupledPolyPatch.C
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ void Foam::coupledPolyPatch::calcTransformTensors
             forwardT_.setSize(0);
             reverseT_.setSize(0);
 
-            separation_ = (nf&(Cr - Cf))*nf;
+            separation_ = Cr - Cf;
 
             collocated_.setSize(separation_.size());