diff --git a/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxproblem.hh b/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxproblem.hh
index 718aa63ee52b607d22de288c1e0c19e42e04f1a8..75c362e311e7adc54af2a1da7d470abc12ce969b 100644
--- a/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxproblem.hh
+++ b/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxproblem.hh
@@ -465,20 +465,17 @@ public:
     void timeIntegration()
     {
         const int maxFails = 10;
-        Scalar dt = timeManager().timeStepSize();
         for (int i = 0; i < maxFails; ++i) {
-            Scalar nextDt = dt / 2;
-
-            // update failed
-            if (i > 0 && gridView().comm().rank() == 0)
-                std::cout << "Newton solver did not converge with dt="<<dt<<" seconds. Retrying with time step of "
-                          << nextDt << " seconds\n";
-
             if (model_.update(newtonMethod_, newtonCtl_))
                 return;
 
+            Scalar dt = timeManager().timeStepSize();
+            Scalar nextDt = dt / 2;
             timeManager().setTimeStepSize(nextDt);
-            dt = nextDt;
+
+            // update failed
+            std::cout << "Newton solver did not converge with dt="<<dt<<" seconds. Retrying with time step of "
+                      << nextDt << " seconds\n";
         }
 
         DUNE_THROW(Dune::MathError,