diff --git a/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/wallDist/patchDistMethods/advectionDiffusion/advectionDiffusionPatchDistMethod.C b/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/wallDist/patchDistMethods/advectionDiffusion/advectionDiffusionPatchDistMethod.C
index dece6229b772ebaba4ccc4e0e3e3b7d57d7a8607..c52f1cefbb6d1f820c14566a8a46f700dd077658 100644
--- a/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/wallDist/patchDistMethods/advectionDiffusion/advectionDiffusionPatchDistMethod.C
+++ b/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/wallDist/patchDistMethods/advectionDiffusion/advectionDiffusionPatchDistMethod.C
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Foam::patchDistMethods::advectionDiffusion::advectionDiffusion
     tolerance_(coeffs_.getOrDefault<scalar>("tolerance", 1e-3)),
     maxIter_(coeffs_.getOrDefault<int>("maxIter", 10)),
     predicted_(false),
-    checkAndWriteMesh_(coeffs_.getOrDefault("checkAndWriteMesh", true))
+    checkAndWriteMesh_(coeffs_.getOrDefault("checkAndWriteMesh", false))
 {}