Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/qmu/preqmu.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/qmu/preqmu.m	(revision 25019)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/qmu/preqmu.m	(revision 25020)
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@
 	for j=1:numel(fieldvariables)
 		if strncmpi(fieldvariables(j).descriptor,'scaled_',7),
-			npart=partition_npart(fieldvariables(j).partition);
-			if str2int(fieldvariables(j).descriptor,'last')>npart,
-				error('preqmu error message: one of the expanded variables has more values than the number of partitions ');
+			npart=qmupart2npart(fieldvariables(j).partition);
+			nt=fieldvariables(j).nsteps;
+			if nt==1,
+				if str2int(fieldvariables(j).descriptor,'last')>npart,
+					error('preqmu error message: one of the expanded variables has more values than the number of partitions ');
+				end
 			end
 		end