diff --git a/mediator/med_phases_aofluxes_mod.F90 b/mediator/med_phases_aofluxes_mod.F90
index ad2eda90d..33bc0abaa 100644
--- a/mediator/med_phases_aofluxes_mod.F90
+++ b/mediator/med_phases_aofluxes_mod.F90
@@ -1601,10 +1601,8 @@ subroutine set_aoflux_in_pointers(fldbun_a, fldbun_o, aoflux_in, lsize, xgrid, r
        if (chkerr(rc,__LINE__,u_FILE_u)) return
        call fldbun_getfldptr(fldbun_a, 'Sa_shum', aoflux_in%shum, xgrid=xgrid, rc=rc)
        if (chkerr(rc,__LINE__,u_FILE_u)) return
-       if (add_gusts) then
-          call fldbun_getfldptr(fldbun_a, 'Faxa_rainc', aoflux_in%rainc, xgrid=xgrid, rc=rc)
-          if (chkerr(rc,__LINE__,u_FILE_u)) return
-       end if
+       call fldbun_getfldptr(fldbun_a, 'Faxa_rainc', aoflux_in%rainc, xgrid=xgrid, rc=rc)
+       if (chkerr(rc,__LINE__,u_FILE_u)) return
     end if
 
     ! extra fields for ufs.frac.aoflux