diff --git a/components/mpas-cice/driver/ice_comp_mct.F b/components/mpas-cice/driver/ice_comp_mct.F
index 6d1caa80673b..fc4bffd53bb4 100644
--- a/components/mpas-cice/driver/ice_comp_mct.F
+++ b/components/mpas-cice/driver/ice_comp_mct.F
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ subroutine ice_init_mct( EClock, cdata_i, x2i_i, i2x_i, NLFilename )!{{{
 
     logical, pointer :: tempLogicalConfig
     character(len=StrKIND), pointer :: tempCharConfig
+    real (kind=RKIND), pointer :: tempRealConfig
 
     interface
        subroutine xml_stream_parser(xmlname, mgr_p, comm, ierr) bind(c)
@@ -553,8 +554,8 @@ end subroutine xml_stream_get_attributes
     write (stderrUnit,*) 'Applying ICE coupling dt (s) of: ', ice_cpl_dt
 
     ! Verify the mpas time step fits into a coupling interval
-    call mpas_pool_get_config(domain % configs, 'config_dt', tempCharConfig)
-    call mpas_set_timeInterval(denInterval, timeString=tempCharConfig, ierr=ierr)
+    call mpas_pool_get_config(domain % configs, 'config_dt', tempRealConfig)
+    call mpas_set_timeInterval(denInterval, dt=tempRealConfig, ierr=ierr)
     call mpas_set_timeInterval(zeroInterval, S=0, ierr=ierr)
     call mpas_interval_division(start_time, alarmTimeStep, denInterval, numDivs, remInterval)
 
diff --git a/components/mpasli/model b/components/mpasli/model
index d5ef57916c2c..28f7c539ae1f 160000
--- a/components/mpasli/model
+++ b/components/mpasli/model
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d5ef57916c2c76d6ca0b1cc9ffd56e64c22e0ac4
+Subproject commit 28f7c539ae1fee56dd48ddc92e0462813ff731e6