diff --git a/Mesh/Field.cpp b/Mesh/Field.cpp
index f20223eedce960f27e09b2ac32e366e42a7df527..c791ef03c44a726e8ef7f41eb7cec08ecedce359 100644
--- a/Mesh/Field.cpp
+++ b/Mesh/Field.cpp
@@ -1216,6 +1216,7 @@ class PostViewField : public Field
                  " want to use a list-based view (.pos file) instead");
       return 0;
     }
+    return v;
   }
   virtual bool isotropic () const
   {