diff --git a/dumux/common/loggingparametertree.hh b/dumux/common/loggingparametertree.hh
index feae24e46a9017671caf6f5382a838b9f3274426..7770aac7698fc0b746ac829379d018dfe6055bd9 100644
--- a/dumux/common/loggingparametertree.hh
+++ b/dumux/common/loggingparametertree.hh
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ private:
         // store keys which were not accessed
         const auto& keys = tree.getValueKeys();
         for (const auto& key : keys)
-            if (!usedRuntimeParams_.hasKey(prefix + key))
+            if (key != "ParameterFile" && !usedRuntimeParams_.hasKey(prefix + key))
                 unusedParams.push_back(prefix + key);
 
         // recursively loop over all subtrees