diff --git a/framework/include/loops/UpdateDisplacedMeshThread.h b/framework/include/loops/UpdateDisplacedMeshThread.h
index ae4df4f1664e..0dab2d97171c 100644
--- a/framework/include/loops/UpdateDisplacedMeshThread.h
+++ b/framework/include/loops/UpdateDisplacedMeshThread.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class UpdateDisplacedMeshThread : public ThreadedNodeLoop<NodeRange, NodeRange::
   virtual void onNode(NodeRange::const_iterator & nd) override;
 
   void join(const UpdateDisplacedMeshThread & /*y*/);
+  void post() override;
 
 protected:
   void init();
diff --git a/framework/src/loops/UpdateDisplacedMeshThread.C b/framework/src/loops/UpdateDisplacedMeshThread.C
index cb0921657c0c..d1c93dd0b7de 100644
--- a/framework/src/loops/UpdateDisplacedMeshThread.C
+++ b/framework/src/loops/UpdateDisplacedMeshThread.C
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "DisplacedProblem.h"
 #include "MooseMesh.h"
 
+#include "libmesh/mesh_base.h"
 #include "libmesh/numeric_vector.h"
 #include "libmesh/transient_system.h"
 #include "libmesh/explicit_system.h"
@@ -142,6 +143,12 @@ UpdateDisplacedMeshThread::onNode(NodeRange::const_iterator & nd)
   }
 }
 
+void
+UpdateDisplacedMeshThread::post()
+{
+  _displaced_problem.mesh().getMesh().clear_point_locator();
+}
+
 void
 UpdateDisplacedMeshThread::join(const UpdateDisplacedMeshThread & /*y*/)
 {