diff --git a/src/dynamicFvMesh/dynamicRefineFvMesh/dynamicRefineFvMesh.C b/src/dynamicFvMesh/dynamicRefineFvMesh/dynamicRefineFvMesh.C
index a9022f0e58cb5295e6d09ad8dd52c875280cfc4a..86d0b2c4b543b05c9815ed4a352744911c89d24a 100644
--- a/src/dynamicFvMesh/dynamicRefineFvMesh/dynamicRefineFvMesh.C
+++ b/src/dynamicFvMesh/dynamicRefineFvMesh/dynamicRefineFvMesh.C
@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ bool Foam::dynamicRefineFvMesh::writeObject
 
     bool writeOk =
     (
-        dynamicFvMesh::writeObjects(fmt, ver, cmp)
+        dynamicFvMesh::writeObject(fmt, ver, cmp)
      && meshCutter_.write()
     );
 
diff --git a/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.C b/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.C
index 72a2d5fd80c780d5261b98936d6412ee37cd192a..3342910ab199295d086bd0176dcc742eba697be4 100644
--- a/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.C
+++ b/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.C
@@ -856,18 +856,12 @@ void Foam::fvMesh::updateMesh(const mapPolyMesh& mpm)
 }
 
 
-bool Foam::fvMesh::writeObjects
+bool Foam::fvMesh::writeObject
 (
     IOstream::streamFormat fmt,
     IOstream::versionNumber ver,
     IOstream::compressionType cmp
 ) const
-{
-    return polyMesh::writeObject(fmt, ver, cmp);
-}
-
-
-bool Foam::fvMesh::write() const
 {
     bool ok = true;
     if (phiPtr_)
@@ -875,7 +869,13 @@ bool Foam::fvMesh::write() const
         ok = phiPtr_->write();
     }
 
-    return ok && polyMesh::write();
+    return ok && polyMesh::writeObject(fmt, ver, cmp);
+}
+
+
+bool Foam::fvMesh::write() const
+{
+    return polyMesh::write();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.H b/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.H
index d2e326dd350a1d70e2163e3fe2329ce86a3159e2..3625af35f73860626529078437f68823718df54e 100644
--- a/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.H
+++ b/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.H
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ public:
         // Write
 
             //- Write the underlying polyMesh and other data
-            virtual bool writeObjects
+            virtual bool writeObject
             (
                 IOstream::streamFormat fmt,
                 IOstream::versionNumber ver,