diff --git a/dumux/boxmodels/MpNc/MpNcnewtoncontroller.hh b/dumux/boxmodels/MpNc/MpNcnewtoncontroller.hh
index beba505cc06cf1f78cac544991ee8b1bd0083a59..9c3f0a9bbb4626446bacb0709b0d651913b94e61 100644
--- a/dumux/boxmodels/MpNc/MpNcnewtoncontroller.hh
+++ b/dumux/boxmodels/MpNc/MpNcnewtoncontroller.hh
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ public:
         // compute the vertex and element colors for partial
         // reassembly
         if (this->enablePartialReassemble_) {
-            const Scalar minReasmTol = 1e-2*tolerance_;
-            const Scalar maxReasmTol = 1e1*tolerance_;
+            const Scalar minReasmTol = 1e-2*this->tolerance_;
+            const Scalar maxReasmTol = 1e1*this->tolerance_;
             Scalar reassembleTol = std::max(minReasmTol, std::min(maxReasmTol, this->error_/1e4));
 
             this->model_().jacobianAssembler().updateDiscrepancy(uLastIter, deltaU);