diff --git a/src/lbm/free_surface/dynamics/SurfaceDynamicsHandler.h b/src/lbm/free_surface/dynamics/SurfaceDynamicsHandler.h
index c0489961ab14243c568471d1c3d48621fb5dacc0..93f204d30d7eb863fe15503a54ea4285de862cee 100644
--- a/src/lbm/free_surface/dynamics/SurfaceDynamicsHandler.h
+++ b/src/lbm/free_surface/dynamics/SurfaceDynamicsHandler.h
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class SurfaceDynamicsHandler
           public:
             CollideSweep(const typename LatticeModel_T::Sweep& sweep) : sweep_(sweep){};
 
-            void operator()(IBlock* const block, const uint_t numberOfGhostLayersToInclude = uint_t(1))
+            void operator()(IBlock* const block, const uint_t numberOfGhostLayersToInclude = uint_t(0))
             {
                sweep_.collide(block, numberOfGhostLayersToInclude);
             }