diff --git a/cicecore/cicedynB/general/ice_state.F90 b/cicecore/cicedynB/general/ice_state.F90
index 27211f49e..44aa16d4c 100644
--- a/cicecore/cicedynB/general/ice_state.F90
+++ b/cicecore/cicedynB/general/ice_state.F90
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ module ice_state
       use ice_kinds_mod
       use ice_domain_size, only: max_blocks, ncat, max_ntrcr
       use ice_blocks, only: nx_block, ny_block
+      use ice_exit, only: abort_ice
 
       implicit none
       private