diff --git a/modules/optimization/src/executioners/OptimizeSolve.C b/modules/optimization/src/executioners/OptimizeSolve.C
index 0a4d932c25db..b09bb82e24ab 100644
--- a/modules/optimization/src/executioners/OptimizeSolve.C
+++ b/modules/optimization/src/executioners/OptimizeSolve.C
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ OptimizeSolve::solve()
 
   // Initialize solution and matrix
   _obj_function->setInitialCondition(*_parameters);
-  _obj_function->setInitialCondition(*_parameters);
   _ndof = _parameters->size();
 
   // time step defaults 1, we want to start at 0 for first iteration to be