diff --git a/opm/autodiff/FlowMainEbos.hpp b/opm/autodiff/FlowMainEbos.hpp
index 016af8596..0b2af6a5f 100644
--- a/opm/autodiff/FlowMainEbos.hpp
+++ b/opm/autodiff/FlowMainEbos.hpp
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ namespace Opm
             // Possibly override IOConfig setting (from deck) for how often RESTART files should get written to disk (every N report step)
             if (Base::param_.has("output_interval")) {
                 const int output_interval = Base::param_.get<int>("output_interval");
-                IOConfigPtr ioConfig = Base::eclipse_state_->getIOConfig();
-                ioConfig->overrideRestartWriteInterval(static_cast<size_t>(output_interval));
+                eclipse_state_->getRestartConfig().overrideRestartWriteInterval( size_t( output_interval ) );
+
             }
 
             // Possible to force initialization only behavior (NOSIM).