diff --git a/src/transport/GasTransport.cpp b/src/transport/GasTransport.cpp
index cf556486a..31ed45f10 100644
--- a/src/transport/GasTransport.cpp
+++ b/src/transport/GasTransport.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ void GasTransport::updateViscosity_T()
 
 void GasTransport::updateSpeciesViscosities()
 {
+    update_T();
     if (m_mode == CK_Mode) {
         for (size_t k = 0; k < m_nsp; k++) {
             m_visc[k] = exp(dot4(m_polytempvec, m_visccoeffs[k]));
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ void GasTransport::updateSpeciesViscosities()
 
 void GasTransport::updateDiff_T()
 {
+    update_T();
     // evaluate binary diffusion coefficients at unit pressure
     size_t ic = 0;
     if (m_mode == CK_Mode) {
diff --git a/src/transport/MultiTransport.cpp b/src/transport/MultiTransport.cpp
index 6a308250f..f5f3f09e2 100644
--- a/src/transport/MultiTransport.cpp
+++ b/src/transport/MultiTransport.cpp
@@ -591,7 +591,6 @@ void MultiTransport::updateThermal_T()
     }
     // we need species viscosities and binary diffusion coefficients
     updateSpeciesViscosities();
-    update_T();
     updateDiff_T();
 
     // evaluate polynomial fits for A*, B*, C*