diff --git a/config_src/ice_solo_driver/ice_shelf_driver.F90 b/config_src/ice_solo_driver/ice_shelf_driver.F90
index bd64050a6f..959e4676d0 100644
--- a/config_src/ice_solo_driver/ice_shelf_driver.F90
+++ b/config_src/ice_solo_driver/ice_shelf_driver.F90
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ program Shelf_main
     endif
   endif
 
+  call Get_MOM_Input(param_file, dirs)
+
   ! Read ocean_solo restart, which can override settings from the namelist.
   if (file_exists(trim(dirs%restart_input_dir)//'ice_solo.res')) then
     call open_ASCII_file(unit, trim(dirs%restart_input_dir)//'ice_solo.res', action=READONLY_FILE)
@@ -215,7 +217,6 @@ program Shelf_main
     Start_time = real_to_time(0.0)
   endif
 
-  call Get_MOM_Input(param_file, dirs)
   ! Determining the internal unit scaling factors for this run.
   call unit_scaling_init(param_file, US)
 
diff --git a/config_src/solo_driver/MOM_driver.F90 b/config_src/solo_driver/MOM_driver.F90
index 9c222bb0bb..8edad7fa05 100644
--- a/config_src/solo_driver/MOM_driver.F90
+++ b/config_src/solo_driver/MOM_driver.F90
@@ -250,6 +250,10 @@ program MOM_main
   ! This call sets the number and affinity of threads with openMP.
   !$  call set_MOM_thread_affinity(ocean_nthreads, use_hyper_thread)
 
+  ! This call is required to initiate dirs%restart_input_dir for ocean_solo.res
+  ! The contents of dirs will be reread in initialize_MOM.
+  call get_MOM_input(dirs=dirs)
+
   ! Read ocean_solo restart, which can override settings from the namelist.
   if (file_exists(trim(dirs%restart_input_dir)//'ocean_solo.res')) then
     call open_ASCII_file(unit, trim(dirs%restart_input_dir)//'ocean_solo.res', action=READONLY_FILE)