diff --git a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.cpp b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.cpp
index 942465c2f06d662f19d32810194423eaadb75bd6..142ff386356252b98d15f4a53081b0ce1eeb6921 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.cpp
+++ b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.cpp
@@ -689,6 +689,32 @@ void NodeWiseMeshPartitioner::partitionByMETIS()
     _partitioned_properties = partitionProperties(_mesh, _partitions);
 }
 
+void NodeWiseMeshPartitioner::renumberBulkIdsProperty(
+    std::vector<Partition> const& partitions,
+    MeshLib::Properties& partitioned_properties)
+{
+    auto const bulk_node_ids_string =
+        MeshLib::getBulkIDString(MeshLib::MeshItemType::Node);
+    if (partitioned_properties.hasPropertyVector(bulk_node_ids_string))
+    {
+        renumberBulkNodeIdsProperty(
+            partitioned_properties.getPropertyVector<std::size_t>(
+                bulk_node_ids_string, MeshLib::MeshItemType::Node, 1),
+            partitions);
+    }
+    auto const bulk_element_ids_string =
+        MeshLib::getBulkIDString(MeshLib::MeshItemType::Cell);
+    if (partitioned_properties.hasPropertyVector<std::size_t>(
+            static_cast<std::string>(bulk_element_ids_string),
+            MeshLib::MeshItemType::Cell))
+    {
+        renumberBulkElementIdsProperty(
+            partitioned_properties.getPropertyVector<std::size_t>(
+                bulk_element_ids_string, MeshLib::MeshItemType::Cell, 1),
+            partitions);
+    }
+}
+
 void NodeWiseMeshPartitioner::renumberBulkNodeIdsProperty(
     MeshLib::PropertyVector<std::size_t>* const bulk_node_ids_pv,
     std::vector<Partition> const& local_partitions) const
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.h b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.h
index d0048d8cecf554af4833dddadea3fb73012074bb..f0ded7b1e99b2e143fd380e852109e49b7b48ce1 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.h
+++ b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.h
@@ -86,17 +86,8 @@ public:
 
     std::vector<Partition> partitionOtherMesh(MeshLib::Mesh const& mesh) const;
 
-    /// Renumber the bulk_node_ids property for each partition to match the
-    /// partitioned bulk mesh nodes.
-    void renumberBulkNodeIdsProperty(
-        MeshLib::PropertyVector<std::size_t>* const bulk_node_ids,
-        std::vector<Partition> const& local_partitions) const;
-
-    /// Renumber the bulk_element_ids property for each partition to match the
-    /// partitioned bulk mesh elements.
-    void renumberBulkElementIdsProperty(
-        MeshLib::PropertyVector<std::size_t>* const bulk_element_ids_pv,
-        std::vector<Partition> const& local_partitions) const;
+    void renumberBulkIdsProperty(std::vector<Partition> const& partitions,
+                                 MeshLib::Properties& partitioned_properties);
 
     /// Write the partitions into binary files
     /// \param file_name_base The prefix of the file name.
@@ -135,6 +126,18 @@ private:
     void renumberNodeIndices();
 
     void processPartition(std::size_t const part_id);
+
+    /// Renumber the bulk_node_ids property for each partition to match the
+    /// partitioned bulk mesh nodes.
+    void renumberBulkNodeIdsProperty(
+        MeshLib::PropertyVector<std::size_t>* const bulk_node_ids,
+        std::vector<Partition> const& local_partitions) const;
+
+    /// Renumber the bulk_element_ids property for each partition to match the
+    /// partitioned bulk mesh elements.
+    void renumberBulkElementIdsProperty(
+        MeshLib::PropertyVector<std::size_t>* const bulk_element_ids_pv,
+        std::vector<Partition> const& local_partitions) const;
 };
 
 }  // namespace ApplicationUtils
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/PartitionMesh.cpp b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/PartitionMesh.cpp
index f0e5e155e7f389b77479b68206cef6f29a95c740..07576d20d558cf695f9687c260e429f177db3f65 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/PartitionMesh.cpp
+++ b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/PartitionMesh.cpp
@@ -224,21 +224,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         auto partitions = mesh_partitioner.partitionOtherMesh(*mesh);
 
         auto partitioned_properties = partitionProperties(mesh, partitions);
-        auto const bulk_node_ids_string =
-            MeshLib::getBulkIDString(MeshLib::MeshItemType::Node);
-        mesh_partitioner.renumberBulkNodeIdsProperty(
-            partitioned_properties.getPropertyVector<std::size_t>(
-                bulk_node_ids_string, MeshLib::MeshItemType::Node, 1),
-            partitions);
-        auto const bulk_element_ids_string =
-            MeshLib::getBulkIDString(MeshLib::MeshItemType::Cell);
-        if (partitioned_properties.hasPropertyVector(bulk_element_ids_string))
-        {
-            mesh_partitioner.renumberBulkElementIdsProperty(
-                partitioned_properties.getPropertyVector<std::size_t>(
-                    bulk_element_ids_string, MeshLib::MeshItemType::Cell, 1),
-                partitions);
-        }
+        mesh_partitioner.renumberBulkIdsProperty(partitions,
+                                                 partitioned_properties);
+
         mesh_partitioner.writeOtherMesh(
             other_mesh_output_file_name_wo_extension, partitions,
             partitioned_properties);