Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/solutionsequences/solutionsequence_hydro_nonlinear.cpp
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/solutionsequences/solutionsequence_hydro_nonlinear.cpp	(revision 16917)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/solutionsequences/solutionsequence_hydro_nonlinear.cpp	(revision 16918)
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 		analysis->ElementizeEplMask(femmodel);
 		delete analysis;
-		femmodel->HydrologyTransferx();
 	}
+	/*For the initialization we compute the transfer without the mask if the EPL is not present*/
+	femmodel->HydrologyTransferx();
 
 	/*Iteration on the two layers*/