diff --git a/Mesh/Field.cpp b/Mesh/Field.cpp
index d998b8b37d67a984621314a7d7c0477ce84f4a0b..e624fffebfc4c0397efeac135ebfef9e38b8bc86 100644
--- a/Mesh/Field.cpp
+++ b/Mesh/Field.cpp
@@ -1288,6 +1288,7 @@ class MinAnisoField : public Field
   }
   double operator() (double x, double y, double z, GEntity *ge=0)
   {
+    SMetric3 metr (1./MAX_LC);
     double v = MAX_LC;
     for(std::list<int>::iterator it = idlist.begin(); it != idlist.end(); it++) {
       Field *f = (GModel::current()->getFields()->get(*it));