diff --git a/MaterialLib/MPL/Properties/PermeabilityMohrCoulombFailureIndexModel.cpp b/MaterialLib/MPL/Properties/PermeabilityMohrCoulombFailureIndexModel.cpp
index 662a1ba677de18119db7c56a2c0f6db443deaa9e..fd0a1066ecfcf827337dd0025248d8d0e78e7289 100644
--- a/MaterialLib/MPL/Properties/PermeabilityMohrCoulombFailureIndexModel.cpp
+++ b/MaterialLib/MPL/Properties/PermeabilityMohrCoulombFailureIndexModel.cpp
@@ -150,10 +150,15 @@ PermeabilityMohrCoulombFailureIndexModel<DisplacementDim>::value(
 template <int DisplacementDim>
 PropertyDataType
 PermeabilityMohrCoulombFailureIndexModel<DisplacementDim>::dValue(
-    VariableArray const& /*variable_array*/, Variable const /*variable*/,
+    VariableArray const& /*variable_array*/, Variable const variable,
     ParameterLib::SpatialPosition const& /*pos*/, double const /*t*/,
     double const /*dt*/) const
 {
+    if (variable == Variable::mechanical_strain)
+    {
+        return 0.;
+    }
+
     OGS_FATAL(
         "The derivative of the intrinsic permeability k(sigma, ...) with "
         "respect to stress tensor (sigma) is not implemented because that "
diff --git a/MaterialLib/MPL/Properties/StrainDependentPermeability.cpp b/MaterialLib/MPL/Properties/StrainDependentPermeability.cpp
index b141bbc1e47446606e83ff2246108efa4737cd48..5769a7cf60c87d5ee1ec72a37d4b637c30bf3919 100644
--- a/MaterialLib/MPL/Properties/StrainDependentPermeability.cpp
+++ b/MaterialLib/MPL/Properties/StrainDependentPermeability.cpp
@@ -97,10 +97,15 @@ PropertyDataType StrainDependentPermeability<DisplacementDim>::value(
 
 template <int DisplacementDim>
 PropertyDataType StrainDependentPermeability<DisplacementDim>::dValue(
-    VariableArray const& /*variable_array*/, Variable const /*variable*/,
+    VariableArray const& /*variable_array*/, Variable const variable,
     ParameterLib::SpatialPosition const& /*pos*/, double const /*t*/,
     double const /*dt*/) const
 {
+    if (variable == Variable::mechanical_strain)
+    {
+        return 0.;
+    }
+
     OGS_FATAL(
         "The derivative of the intrinsic permeability of "
         "StrainDependentPermeability"