diff --git a/src/lagrangian/intermediate/submodels/SubModelBase.H b/src/lagrangian/intermediate/submodels/SubModelBase.H
index 0427c162f7e305d317fd21fdd8e4f04ee80617d6..608cee614ebd59ec6950bf6ee3e83a950b0f0741 100644
--- a/src/lagrangian/intermediate/submodels/SubModelBase.H
+++ b/src/lagrangian/intermediate/submodels/SubModelBase.H
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ protected:
         CloudType& owner_;
 
         //- Reference to the cloud dictionary
-        const dictionary& dict_;
+        const dictionary dict_;
 
         //- Name of the sub-model base class
         const word baseName_;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ protected:
         const word modelName_;
 
         //- Coefficients dictionary
-        const dictionary& coeffDict_;
+        const dictionary coeffDict_;
 
 
     // Protected Member Functions