diff --git a/src/steadystateproblem.cpp b/src/steadystateproblem.cpp
index d2923d5bcd..ce8096dee8 100644
--- a/src/steadystateproblem.cpp
+++ b/src/steadystateproblem.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ void SteadystateProblem::findSteadyState(
         = model.getSteadyStateComputationMode()
               == SteadyStateComputationMode::integrationOnly
           || solver.getNewtonMaxSteps() == 0
-          || (model.getSteadyStateSensitivityMode()
+          || (solver.getSensitivityOrder() >= SensitivityOrder::first
+              && model.getSteadyStateSensitivityMode()
                   == SteadyStateSensitivityMode::integrationOnly
               && ((it == -1
                    && solver.getSensitivityMethodPreequilibration()