Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/steadystate.m
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--- /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/steadystate.m	(revision 9753)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/steadystate.m	(revision 9754)
@@ -42,4 +42,8 @@
 		end % }}}
 		function checkconsistency(obj,md) % {{{
+
+			%Early return
+			if md.private.solution~=SteadystateSolutionEnum, return; end;
+
 			if md.timestepping.time_step~=0,
 				checkmessage(['model not consistent: for a steadystate computation, timestepping.time_step must be zero.']);