diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/polyMeshTetDecomposition/polyMeshTetDecomposition.C b/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/polyMeshTetDecomposition/polyMeshTetDecomposition.C
index 44e65e4c16de997ccdf0556e440a478316adfa65..b881a5ae77409b71eaeb8c1c78d7d5ab36b7c5ba 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/polyMeshTetDecomposition/polyMeshTetDecomposition.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/polyMeshTetDecomposition/polyMeshTetDecomposition.C
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ Foam::label Foam::polyMeshTetDecomposition::findSharedBasePoint
 
     const point& oCc = pC[oCI];
 
+    List<scalar> tetQualities(2, 0.0);
+
     forAll(f, faceBasePtI)
     {
         scalar thisBaseMinTetQuality = VGREAT;
@@ -66,8 +68,6 @@ Foam::label Foam::polyMeshTetDecomposition::findSharedBasePoint
             label facePtI = (tetPtI + faceBasePtI) % f.size();
             label otherFacePtI = f.fcIndex(facePtI);
 
-            List<scalar> tetQualities(2, 0.0);
-
             {
                 // owner cell tet
                 label ptAI = f[facePtI];