diff --git a/usadelndsoc/solver.py b/usadelndsoc/solver.py
index f8ca00968b33b2a73e389a0af1e9a9518cad7228..671fbd887649b9ffa7d4c46f01d75ca09e89cc32 100644
--- a/usadelndsoc/solver.py
+++ b/usadelndsoc/solver.py
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ def _self_consistency(
         dx, info = lgmres(
             A,
             -F,
-            tol=0.1 * tol,
+            rtol=0.1 * tol,
             atol=0,
             maxiter=l_maxiter,
             inner_m=l_inner_m,