diff --git a/src/ts/trajectory/impls/basic/trajbasic.c b/src/ts/trajectory/impls/basic/trajbasic.c
index 753318f..3e1aa33 100644
--- a/src/ts/trajectory/impls/basic/trajbasic.c
+++ b/src/ts/trajectory/impls/basic/trajbasic.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ static PetscErrorCode TSTrajectoryGet_Basic(TSTrajectory tj,TS ts,PetscInt stepn
   PetscErrorCode ierr;
 
   PetscFunctionBegin;
-  ierr = TSGetTotalSteps(ts,&stepnum);CHKERRQ(ierr);
   ierr = PetscSNPrintf(filename,sizeof filename,"SA-data/SA-%06d.bin",stepnum);CHKERRQ(ierr);
   ierr = PetscViewerBinaryOpen(PETSC_COMM_WORLD,filename,FILE_MODE_READ,&viewer);CHKERRQ(ierr);
 
diff --git a/src/ts/trajectory/impls/memory/trajmemory.c b/src/ts/trajectory/impls/memory/trajmemory.c
index 884a77b..a109958 100644
--- a/src/ts/trajectory/impls/memory/trajmemory.c
+++ b/src/ts/trajectory/impls/memory/trajmemory.c
@@ -1549,7 +1549,6 @@ static PetscErrorCode TSTrajectoryGet_Memory(TSTrajectory tj,TS ts,PetscInt step
   PetscErrorCode ierr;
 
   PetscFunctionBegin;
-  ierr = TSGetTotalSteps(ts,&stepnum);CHKERRQ(ierr);
   if (stepnum == 0) PetscFunctionReturn(0);
   switch (tjsch->stype) {
     case NONE: