diff --git a/dumux/porousmediumflow/2pdfm/implicit/volumevariables.hh b/dumux/porousmediumflow/2pdfm/implicit/volumevariables.hh
index 1102f67961913975ddce2a62f3d2185c063d92d3..a72578624327b62ea1af15f96924e9d8b6f8f45f 100644
--- a/dumux/porousmediumflow/2pdfm/implicit/volumevariables.hh
+++ b/dumux/porousmediumflow/2pdfm/implicit/volumevariables.hh
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ public:
                                                                   fvGeometry,
                                                                   scvIdx);
 
+        permeabilityFracture_ = problem.spatialParams().intrinsicPermeabilityFracture(element, fvGeometry, scvIdx);
+
         // After modifying the Matrix saturations we have to update the fluid state and the matrix mobilities
         PrimaryVariables updatedMatrixPV;
         updatedMatrixPV[pressureIdx] = priVars[pressureIdx];