diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/cvMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/cellShapeControl/cellSizeAndAlignmentControl/searchableSurfaceControl/searchableSurfaceControl.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/cvMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/cellShapeControl/cellSizeAndAlignmentControl/searchableSurfaceControl/searchableSurfaceControl.C
index a603a0c116352db4d92876653467746fda660ca9..0f2a4f6d8c76cf39d69e4890af63af4f9590e321 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/cvMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/cellShapeControl/cellSizeAndAlignmentControl/searchableSurfaceControl/searchableSurfaceControl.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/cvMesh/conformalVoronoiMesh/cellShapeControl/cellSizeAndAlignmentControl/searchableSurfaceControl/searchableSurfaceControl.C
@@ -566,6 +566,8 @@ void Foam::searchableSurfaceControl::initialVertices
 ) const
 {
     pts = searchableSurface_.points();
+    sizes.setSize(pts.size());
+    alignments.setSize(pts.size());
 
     const scalar nearFeatDistSqrCoeff = 1e-8;