diff --git a/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoilEbos.hpp b/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoilEbos.hpp
index 45da2c358..f6fadeeb7 100644
--- a/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoilEbos.hpp
+++ b/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoilEbos.hpp
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ public:
             ebosSimulator_.model().invalidateIntensiveQuantitiesCache(/*timeIdx=*/0);
         }
 
+        // Sync the overlap region of the inital solution. It was generated
+        // from the ReservoirState which has wrong values in the ghost region
+        // for some models (SPE9, Norne, Model 2)
+        ebosSimulator_.model().syncOverlap();
+
         // Create timers and file for writing timing info.
         Opm::time::StopWatch solver_timer;
         Opm::time::StopWatch step_timer;