diff --git a/opm/core/io/eclipse/EclipseWriter.cpp b/opm/core/io/eclipse/EclipseWriter.cpp
index f7f26141..07e03696 100644
--- a/opm/core/io/eclipse/EclipseWriter.cpp
+++ b/opm/core/io/eclipse/EclipseWriter.cpp
@@ -1096,9 +1096,21 @@ void EclipseWriter::activeToGlobalCellData_(std::vector<double> &globalCellsBuf,
     }
 }
 
-void EclipseWriter::writeSolution_(const SimulatorTimer& timer,
-                                   const SimulatorState& reservoirState)
+void EclipseWriter::writeTimeStep(const SimulatorTimer& timer,
+                                  const SimulatorState& reservoirState,
+                                  const WellState& wellState)
 {
+    // if we don't want to write anything, this method becomes a
+    // no-op...
+    if (!enableOutput_) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // respected the output_interval parameter
+    if (outputTimeStepIdx_ % outputInterval_ != 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     // start writing to files
     EclipseRestart rst(outputDir_, baseName_, timer, outputTimeStepIdx_);
     rst.writeHeader (timer, outputTimeStepIdx_, uses_, newParserDeck_, reservoirState.pressure().size ());
@@ -1128,27 +1140,6 @@ void EclipseWriter::writeSolution_(const SimulatorTimer& timer,
         }
     }
 
-    ++outputTimeStepIdx_;
-}
-
-void EclipseWriter::writeTimeStep(const SimulatorTimer& timer,
-                                  const SimulatorState& reservoirState,
-                                  const WellState& wellState)
-{
-    // if we don't want to write anything, this method becomes a
-    // no-op...
-    if (!enableOutput_) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    // respected the output_interval parameter
-    if (timer.currentStepNum() % outputInterval_ != 0) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    /* Field variables (pressure, saturation) */
-    writeSolution_(timer, reservoirState);
-
     /* Summary variables (well reporting) */
     // TODO: instead of writing the header (smspec) every time, it should
     // only be written when there is a change in the well configuration
diff --git a/opm/core/io/eclipse/EclipseWriter.hpp b/opm/core/io/eclipse/EclipseWriter.hpp
index 304d4dc4..b5a2742e 100644
--- a/opm/core/io/eclipse/EclipseWriter.hpp
+++ b/opm/core/io/eclipse/EclipseWriter.hpp
@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ private:
     void activeToGlobalCellData_(std::vector<double> &globalCellsBuf,
                                  const std::vector<double> &activeCellsBuf,
                                  const std::vector<double> &inactiveCellsBuf) const;
-
-    /// Write solution field variables (pressure and saturation)
-    void writeSolution_(const SimulatorTimer& timer,
-                        const SimulatorState& reservoirState);
 };
 } // namespace Opm