diff --git a/opm/models/discretization/common/tpfalinearizer.hh b/opm/models/discretization/common/tpfalinearizer.hh
index 91317a496..6c6bf4cdc 100644
--- a/opm/models/discretization/common/tpfalinearizer.hh
+++ b/opm/models/discretization/common/tpfalinearizer.hh
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ public:
 private:
     void linearize_()
     {
-        const bool well_local = false;
+        const bool well_local = true;
         resetSystem_();
         unsigned numCells = model_().numTotalDof();
 #ifdef _OPENMP