Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/stressbalance.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/stressbalance.py	(revision 26388)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/stressbalance.py	(revision 26389)
@@ -140,5 +140,5 @@
         # Singular solution
         #        if ~any((~isnan(md.stressbalance.spcvx) + ~isnan(md.stressbalance.spcvy)) == 2),
-        if not np.any(np.logical_and(np.logical_not(np.isnan(md.stressbalance.spcvx)), np.logical_not(np.isnan(md.stressbalance.spcvy)))):
+        if (not np.any(np.logical_or(np.logical_not(np.isnan(md.stressbalance.spcvx)), np.logical_not(np.isnan(md.stressbalance.spcvy))))) & (not np.any(md.mask.ocean_levelset>0)):
             print("\n !!! Warning: no spc applied, model might not be well posed if no basal friction is applied, check for solution crash\n")
         # CHECK THAT EACH LINES CONTAINS ONLY NAN VALUES OR NO NAN VALUES