diff --git a/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoCentralFoam/rhoCentralFoam.C b/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoCentralFoam/rhoCentralFoam.C
index ae2b589bd6cc64421fa64659dae298eee50a6e7e..df24250066087ce3740304d8edcbb9e81f570dca 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoCentralFoam/rhoCentralFoam.C
+++ b/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoCentralFoam/rhoCentralFoam.C
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
         Info<< "Time = " << runTime.timeName() << nl << endl;
 
-        surfaceScalarField phi("phi", aphiv_pos*rho_pos + aphiv_neg*rho_neg);
+        phi = aphiv_pos*rho_pos + aphiv_neg*rho_neg;
 
         surfaceVectorField phiUp
         (