diff --git a/dumux/multidomain/facet/box/fvelementgeometry.hh b/dumux/multidomain/facet/box/fvelementgeometry.hh
index 6fd4666bf8c556faa598628a8e7bdd9e2d334b0c..910a1df6600cfa5bf0b03ab7dbf0c0bfd623b6e8 100644
--- a/dumux/multidomain/facet/box/fvelementgeometry.hh
+++ b/dumux/multidomain/facet/box/fvelementgeometry.hh
@@ -56,11 +56,12 @@ class BoxFacetCouplingFVElementGeometry<GG, true>
     static constexpr int dimWorld = GridView::dimensionworld;
     using GridIndexType = typename IndexTraits<GridView>::GridIndex;
     using LocalIndexType = typename IndexTraits<GridView>::LocalIndex;
-    using Element = typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Entity;
     using CoordScalar = typename GridView::ctype;
     using FeLocalBasis = typename GG::FeCache::FiniteElementType::Traits::LocalBasisType;
     using ReferenceElements = typename Dune::ReferenceElements<CoordScalar, dim>;
 public:
+    //! export type of the element
+    using Element = typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Entity;
     //! export type of subcontrol volume
     using SubControlVolume = typename GG::SubControlVolume;
     //! export type of subcontrol volume face
@@ -159,7 +160,6 @@ class BoxFacetCouplingFVElementGeometry<GG, false>
 
     using GridIndexType = typename IndexTraits<GridView>::GridIndex;
     using LocalIndexType = typename IndexTraits<GridView>::LocalIndex;
-    using Element = typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Entity;
 
     using CoordScalar = typename GridView::ctype;
     using FeLocalBasis = typename GG::FeCache::FiniteElementType::Traits::LocalBasisType;
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ class BoxFacetCouplingFVElementGeometry<GG, false>
                                              typename GG::SubControlVolume,
                                              typename GG::SubControlVolumeFace>;
 public:
+    //! export type of the element
+    using Element = typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Entity;
     //! export type of subcontrol volume
     using SubControlVolume = typename GG::SubControlVolume;
     //! export type of subcontrol volume face