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 a603a0c116..0f2a4f6d8c 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;