diff --git a/src/homogenization.f90 b/src/homogenization.f90
index 03a7c620d..12d192025 100644
--- a/src/homogenization.f90
+++ b/src/homogenization.f90
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ end subroutine homogenization_init
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 subroutine homogenization_mechanical_response(Delta_t,FEsolving_execIP,FEsolving_execElem)
 
-  real(pReal), intent(in) :: Delta_t                                                                     !< time increment
+  real(pReal), intent(in) :: Delta_t                                                                !< time increment
   integer, dimension(2), intent(in) :: FEsolving_execElem, FEsolving_execIP
   integer :: &
     NiterationMPstate, &
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ subroutine homogenization_mechanical_response(Delta_t,FEsolving_execIP,FEsolving
 
         call mechanical_partition(homogenization_F(1:3,1:3,ce),ce)
         converged = all([(phase_mechanical_constitutive(Delta_t,co,ip,el),co=1,homogenization_Nconstituents(ho))])
-
+        converged = converged .and. all([(phase_damage_constitutive(Delta_t,co,ip,el),co=1,homogenization_Nconstituents(ho))])
         if (converged) then
           doneAndHappy = mechanical_updateState(Delta_t,homogenization_F(1:3,1:3,ce),ce)
           converged = all(doneAndHappy)
diff --git a/src/phase.f90 b/src/phase.f90
index b551c4170..49f1adc16 100644
--- a/src/phase.f90
+++ b/src/phase.f90
@@ -221,13 +221,11 @@ module phase
 
     end function phase_thermal_constitutive
 
-    module function integrateDamageState(Delta_t,co,ce) result(broken)
+    module function phase_damage_constitutive(Delta_t,co,ip,el) result(converged_)
       real(pReal), intent(in) :: Delta_t
-      integer, intent(in) :: &
-        ce, &
-        co
-      logical :: broken
-    end function integrateDamageState
+      integer, intent(in) :: co, ip, el
+      logical :: converged_
+    end function phase_damage_constitutive
 
     module function phase_mechanical_constitutive(Delta_t,co,ip,el) result(converged_)
       real(pReal), intent(in) :: Delta_t
@@ -321,12 +319,12 @@ module phase
     crystallite_init, &
     phase_mechanical_constitutive, &
     phase_thermal_constitutive, &
+    phase_damage_constitutive, &
     phase_mechanical_dPdF, &
     crystallite_orientations, &
     crystallite_push33ToRef, &
     phase_restartWrite, &
     phase_restartRead, &
-    integrateDamageState, &
     phase_thermal_setField, &
     phase_set_phi, &
     phase_P, &
diff --git a/src/phase_damage.f90 b/src/phase_damage.f90
index 89d3b1653..4164854fe 100644
--- a/src/phase_damage.f90
+++ b/src/phase_damage.f90
@@ -125,6 +125,27 @@ module subroutine damage_init
 end subroutine damage_init
 
 
+!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+!> @brief calculate stress (P)
+!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+module function phase_damage_constitutive(Delta_t,co,ip,el) result(converged_)
+
+  real(pReal), intent(in) :: Delta_t
+  integer, intent(in) :: &
+    co, &
+    ip, &
+    el
+  logical :: converged_
+
+  integer :: &
+    ph, en
+
+
+  converged_ = .not. integrateDamageState(Delta_t,co,(el-1)*discretization_nIPs + ip)
+
+end function phase_damage_constitutive
+
+
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 !> @brief returns the degraded/modified elasticity matrix
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -197,7 +218,7 @@ end function phase_f_phi
 !> @brief integrate stress, state with adaptive 1st order explicit Euler method
 !> using Fixed Point Iteration to adapt the stepsize
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-module function integrateDamageState(Delta_t,co,ce) result(broken)
+function integrateDamageState(Delta_t,co,ce) result(broken)
 
   real(pReal), intent(in) :: Delta_t
   integer, intent(in) :: &
diff --git a/src/phase_mechanical.f90 b/src/phase_mechanical.f90
index e03998989..8b04a0009 100644
--- a/src/phase_mechanical.f90
+++ b/src/phase_mechanical.f90
@@ -1059,8 +1059,6 @@ module function phase_mechanical_constitutive(Delta_t,co,ip,el) result(converged
 
   enddo cutbackLooping
 
-  converged_ = converged_ .and. .not. integrateDamageState(Delta_t,co,(el-1)*discretization_nIPs + ip)
-
 end function phase_mechanical_constitutive