diff --git a/ProcessLib/LIE/HydroMechanics/LocalAssembler/LocalDataInitializer.h b/ProcessLib/LIE/HydroMechanics/LocalAssembler/LocalDataInitializer.h
index 1901b334e2277b213e5a0ca17cf2ab68c014c167..fbd08f9007427369bd2aaa90410040b687f26eea 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/LIE/HydroMechanics/LocalAssembler/LocalDataInitializer.h
+++ b/ProcessLib/LIE/HydroMechanics/LocalAssembler/LocalDataInitializer.h
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ class LocalDataInitializer final
                 return false;
             }
 
-            // exclude 0D elements and linear elements
+            // exclude 0D elements
             return ElementTraits::Element::dimension >= 1 &&
-                   ElementTraits::ShapeFunction::ORDER == 2;
+                   ElementTraits::ShapeFunction::ORDER >= 1;
         }
     };