diff --git a/tutorials/compressible/rhoSimpleFoam/gasMixing/injectorPipe/system/blockMeshDict b/tutorials/compressible/rhoSimpleFoam/gasMixing/injectorPipe/system/blockMeshDict
index b1511bd3f1cd615760ae48a2645574c581ef1438..e65a932a9145975ed0db08638cfc352a08507635 100644
--- a/tutorials/compressible/rhoSimpleFoam/gasMixing/injectorPipe/system/blockMeshDict
+++ b/tutorials/compressible/rhoSimpleFoam/gasMixing/injectorPipe/system/blockMeshDict
@@ -34,8 +34,15 @@ blocks
 edges
 ();
 
-patches
-();
-
+// Synthesise 'defaultFaces' as type patch instead of 'empty' to avoid
+// warnings from decomposePar with hierarchical
+boundary
+(
+    defaultFaces
+    {
+        type    patch;
+        faces   ();
+    }
+);
 
 // ************************************************************************* //