diff --git a/src/TurbulenceModels/turbulenceModels/Base/kOmegaSST/kOmegaSSTBase.C b/src/TurbulenceModels/turbulenceModels/Base/kOmegaSST/kOmegaSSTBase.C
index dbe579d0c..4fd3f0cda 100644
--- a/src/TurbulenceModels/turbulenceModels/Base/kOmegaSST/kOmegaSSTBase.C
+++ b/src/TurbulenceModels/turbulenceModels/Base/kOmegaSST/kOmegaSSTBase.C
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ kOmegaSST<TurbulenceModel, BasicTurbulenceModel>::kOmegaSST
 template<class TurbulenceModel, class BasicTurbulenceModel>
 bool kOmegaSST<TurbulenceModel, BasicTurbulenceModel>::read()
 {
-    if (BasicTurbulenceModel::read())
+    if (TurbulenceModel::read())
     {
         alphaK1_.readIfPresent(this->coeffDict());
         alphaK2_.readIfPresent(this->coeffDict());