diff --git a/applications/SolidMechanicsApplication/custom_solvers/convergence_criteria/residual_criterion.hpp b/applications/SolidMechanicsApplication/custom_solvers/convergence_criteria/residual_criterion.hpp
index 8d0c56314dd8..4032904e4065 100644
--- a/applications/SolidMechanicsApplication/custom_solvers/convergence_criteria/residual_criterion.hpp
+++ b/applications/SolidMechanicsApplication/custom_solvers/convergence_criteria/residual_criterion.hpp
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ class ResidualCriterion : public  ConvergenceCriterion< TSparseSpace, TDenseSpac
                     const SystemVectorType& rb
                     ) override
   {
+    if (rModelPart.GetProcessInfo()[NL_ITERATION_NUMBER] <= 1) {
+      this->Set(LocalFlagType::INITIALIZED, false);
+    }
+
     if (TSparseSpace::Size(rb) != 0) //if we are solving for something
     {