diff --git a/code/thermal_none.f90 b/code/thermal_none.f90
index 661af9273..61b01c04f 100644
--- a/code/thermal_none.f90
+++ b/code/thermal_none.f90
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ subroutine thermal_none_init(fileUnit)
    
  initializeInstances: do phase = 1_pInt, size(phase_thermal)
    NofMyPhase=count(material_phase==phase)
-   if (phase_thermal(phase) == THERMAL_none_ID .and. NofMyPhase/=0) then
+   if (phase_thermal(phase) == THERMAL_none_ID) then
      sizeState    = 0_pInt
      thermalState(phase)%sizeState = sizeState
      sizeDotState = sizeState