diff --git a/opm/simulators/flow/BlackoilModel_impl.hpp b/opm/simulators/flow/BlackoilModel_impl.hpp
index bf0945a09a0..dd0c5680ca4 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/flow/BlackoilModel_impl.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/flow/BlackoilModel_impl.hpp
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ prepareStep(const SimulatorTimerInterface& timer)
                                 "- the previous step succeeded on some ranks but failed on others.");
     }
     if (lastStepFailed) {
-        simulator_.model().updateFailed();
+        simulator_.problem().updateFailed();
     }
     else {
-        simulator_.model().advanceTimeLevel();
+        simulator_.problem().advanceTimeLevel();
     }
 
     // Set the timestep size and episode index for the model explicitly.
diff --git a/opm/simulators/flow/FlowProblem.hpp b/opm/simulators/flow/FlowProblem.hpp
index 73ff334ffd9..2850a0a07f7 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/flow/FlowProblem.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/flow/FlowProblem.hpp
@@ -392,6 +392,16 @@ class FlowProblem : public GetPropType<TypeTag, Properties::BaseProblem>
 
     }
 
+    void updateFailed()
+    {
+        this->model().updateFailed();
+    }
+
+    void advanceTimeLevel()
+    {
+        this->model().advanceTimeLevel();
+    }
+
     /*!
      * \brief Called by the simulator before each Newton-Raphson iteration.
      */