diff --git a/opm/simulators/flow/BlackoilModelParametersEbos.hpp b/opm/simulators/flow/BlackoilModelParametersEbos.hpp
index 6e731c8b6..1a4864cfa 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/flow/BlackoilModelParametersEbos.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/flow/BlackoilModelParametersEbos.hpp
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ namespace Opm
             max_inner_iter_ms_wells_ = EWOMS_GET_PARAM(TypeTag, int, MaxInnerIterMsWells);
             strict_inner_iter_ms_wells_ = EWOMS_GET_PARAM(TypeTag, int, StrictInnerIterMsWells);
             regularization_factor_ms_wells_ = EWOMS_GET_PARAM(TypeTag, Scalar, RegularizationFactorMsw);
-            max_niter_inner_well_iter_ = EWOMS_GET_PARAM(TypeTag, bool, MaxNewtonIterationsWithInnerWellIterations);
+            max_niter_inner_well_iter_ = EWOMS_GET_PARAM(TypeTag, int, MaxNewtonIterationsWithInnerWellIterations);
             max_inner_iter_wells_ = EWOMS_GET_PARAM(TypeTag, int, MaxInnerIterWells);
             maxSinglePrecisionTimeStep_ = EWOMS_GET_PARAM(TypeTag, Scalar, MaxSinglePrecisionDays) *24*60*60;
             max_strict_iter_ = EWOMS_GET_PARAM(TypeTag, int, MaxStrictIter);