diff --git a/dune/gfe/rigidbodymotion.hh b/dune/gfe/rigidbodymotion.hh
index 5978e4ce57b7bbe879a013db10886b4b96319f8c..ed3ef3e3ffd7f09802e5480919c7b03751917d0a 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/rigidbodymotion.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/rigidbodymotion.hh
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ public:
 
         // translation part
         for (int i=0; i<N; i++)
-          result[i] = v[i];
+          result[i] = 0;
 
         // rotation part
         T sp = 0;