diff --git a/dumux/multidomain/2cnistokes2p2cni/stokesncnicouplinglocalresidual.hh b/dumux/multidomain/2cnistokes2p2cni/stokesncnicouplinglocalresidual.hh
index 948499aa359c902e163b35a59a5869a4e9c0d97c..5ca274a9b13d423bbd811c589bbc9bbffeb33df0 100644
--- a/dumux/multidomain/2cnistokes2p2cni/stokesncnicouplinglocalresidual.hh
+++ b/dumux/multidomain/2cnistokes2p2cni/stokesncnicouplinglocalresidual.hh
@@ -147,10 +147,8 @@ public:
                     // if p.n comes from the pm
                     if (bcTypes.isCouplingNeumann(momentumYIdx) || bcTypes.isCouplingMortar(momentumYIdx))
                     {
-                        DimVector pressureCorrection(intersection.centerUnitOuterNormal());
-                        pressureCorrection *= volVars.pressure();
-                        this->residual_[scvIdx][momentumYIdx] += pressureCorrection[momentumYIdx]
-                                                                  * boundaryVars.face().area;
+                        this->residual_[scvIdx][momentumYIdx] += volVars.pressure()
+                                                                 * boundaryVars.face().normal[momentumYIdx];
                         Valgrind::CheckDefined(this->residual_[scvIdx][momentumYIdx]);
                     }
 
diff --git a/dumux/multidomain/2cstokes2p2c/stokesnccouplinglocalresidual.hh b/dumux/multidomain/2cstokes2p2c/stokesnccouplinglocalresidual.hh
index ec2f7bcf18c1effb516c2ce4c55d3ff2fb6d877e..915db02897db946687621202d600e9774e0930aa 100644
--- a/dumux/multidomain/2cstokes2p2c/stokesnccouplinglocalresidual.hh
+++ b/dumux/multidomain/2cstokes2p2c/stokesnccouplinglocalresidual.hh
@@ -157,10 +157,8 @@ public:
                     // if p.n comes from the pm
                     if (bcTypes.isCouplingNeumann(momentumYIdx) || bcTypes.isCouplingMortar(momentumYIdx))
                     {
-                        DimVector pressureCorrection(intersection.centerUnitOuterNormal());
-                        pressureCorrection *= volVars.pressure();
-                        this->residual_[scvIdx][momentumYIdx] += pressureCorrection[momentumYIdx]
-                                                                 * boundaryVars.face().area;
+                        this->residual_[scvIdx][momentumYIdx] += volVars.pressure()
+                                                                 * boundaryVars.face().normal[momentumYIdx];
                         Valgrind::CheckDefined(this->residual_[scvIdx][momentumYIdx]);
                     }