diff --git a/opm/simulators/flow/BlackoilModelParameters.hpp b/opm/simulators/flow/BlackoilModelParameters.hpp
index 58509e815a..55ed751d5e 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/flow/BlackoilModelParameters.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/flow/BlackoilModelParameters.hpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct TolerancePressureMsWells { static constexpr Scalar value = 0.01*1e5; };
 template<class Scalar>
 struct MaxPressureChangeMsWells { static constexpr Scalar value = 10*1e5; };
 
-struct MaxNewtonIterationsWithInnerWellIterations { static constexpr int value = 8; };
+struct MaxNewtonIterationsWithInnerWellIterations { static constexpr int value = 99; };
 struct MaxInnerIterMsWells { static constexpr int value = 100; };
 struct MaxInnerIterWells { static constexpr int value = 50; };
 struct MaxWellStatusSwitchInInnerIterWells { static constexpr int value = 99; };
diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/WellInterface_impl.hpp b/opm/simulators/wells/WellInterface_impl.hpp
index c7c584931c..ae719340a3 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/WellInterface_impl.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/WellInterface_impl.hpp
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ namespace Opm
 
         // only use inner well iterations for the first newton iterations.
         const int iteration_idx = simulator.model().newtonMethod().numIterations();
-        if (iteration_idx < this->param_.max_niter_inner_well_iter_ || this->well_ecl_.isMultiSegment()) {
+        if (iteration_idx < this->param_.max_niter_inner_well_iter_) {
             const auto& ws = well_state.well(this->indexOfWell());
             const bool nonzero_rate_original =
                 std::any_of(ws.surface_rates.begin(),