Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/groundingline.js
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/groundingline.js	(revision 23354)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/groundingline.js	(revision 23355)
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@
 			checkfield(md,'fieldname','groundingline.melt_interpolation','values',['NoMeltOnPartiallyFloating', 'SubelementMelt1', 'SubelementMelt2', 'FullMeltOnPartiallyFloating']);
 
-			if (this.migration !='None'){
+			if(this.migration !='None' & md.trans.isgroundingline==1 & solution == 'TransientSolution'){
 				if (isNaN(md.geometry.bed)){
 					md.checkmessage('requesting grounding line migration, but bathymetry is absent!');
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/groundingline.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/groundingline.py	(revision 23354)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/groundingline.py	(revision 23355)
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@
 		md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','groundingline.melt_interpolation','values',['SubelementMelt1','SubelementMelt2','NoMeltOnPartiallyFloating','FullMeltOnPartiallyFloating'])
 
-		if not m.strcmp(self.migration,'None'):
+		if(not m.strcmp(self.migration,'None') and md.transient.isgroundingline and solution=='TransientSolution'):
 			if np.any(np.isnan(md.geometry.bed)):
 				md.checkmessage("requesting grounding line migration, but bathymetry is absent!")