diff --git a/components/mpas-ocean/cime_config/testdefs/testmods_dirs/mpaso/ocn_glcshelf/user_nl_mpaso b/components/mpas-ocean/cime_config/testdefs/testmods_dirs/mpaso/ocn_glcshelf/user_nl_mpaso
index a79590247fff..349facb8caaa 100644
--- a/components/mpas-ocean/cime_config/testdefs/testmods_dirs/mpaso/ocn_glcshelf/user_nl_mpaso
+++ b/components/mpas-ocean/cime_config/testdefs/testmods_dirs/mpaso/ocn_glcshelf/user_nl_mpaso
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
  config_land_ice_flux_mode = 'coupled'
+ config_check_ssh_consistency = .false.