diff --git a/fipy/terms/abstractDiffusionTerm.py b/fipy/terms/abstractDiffusionTerm.py
index ed053b7794..64d158da37 100644
--- a/fipy/terms/abstractDiffusionTerm.py
+++ b/fipy/terms/abstractDiffusionTerm.py
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ def _constrainGradient(self, var):
             nthCoeffFaceGrad = coeff[numerix.newaxis] * var.faceGrad[:, numerix.newaxis]
 
         b = -(var.faceGrad.constraintMask
-              * nthCoeffFaceGrad).divergence * mesh.cellVolumes
+              * nthCoeffFaceGrad).divergence * var.mesh.cellVolumes
 
         return 0, b