diff --git a/flowRateTiltedInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField.C b/flowRateTiltedInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField.C
index 6f52306..5da5374 100644
--- a/flowRateTiltedInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField.C
+++ b/flowRateTiltedInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField.C
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ flowRateTiltedInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField
             << " 'massFlowRate' and 'rho'" << exit(FatalIOError);
     }
 
+    angle_ = degToRad(readScalar(dict.lookup("angle")));
+
+    vector axis(dict.lookup("axis"));
+
+    axis_ = axis / mag(axis);
+
     // Value field require if mass based
     if (dict.found("value"))
     {
@@ -118,11 +124,6 @@ flowRateTiltedInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField
         evaluate(Pstream::blocking);
     }
 
-    angle_ = degToRad(readScalar(dict.lookup("angle")));
-
-    vector axis(dict.lookup("axis"));
-
-    axis_ = axis / mag(axis);
 }