diff --git a/amr-wind/wind_energy/ABLFillInflow.cpp b/amr-wind/wind_energy/ABLFillInflow.cpp
index 8d20de5722..c931428554 100644
--- a/amr-wind/wind_energy/ABLFillInflow.cpp
+++ b/amr-wind/wind_energy/ABLFillInflow.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void ABLFillInflow::fillphysbc(
     FieldFillPatchOps<FieldBCDirichlet>::fillphysbc(
         lev, time, mfab, nghost, fstate);
 
-    m_bndry_plane.populate_data(lev, m_time.new_time(), m_field, mfab);
+    m_bndry_plane.populate_data(lev, time, m_field, mfab);
 }
 
 void ABLFillInflow::fillpatch_sibling_fields(
@@ -105,10 +105,7 @@ void ABLFillInflow::fillpatch_sibling_fields(
 
     if (!plane_data_unchanged) {
         for (int i = 0; i < static_cast<int>(mfabs.size()); i++) {
-            // use new_time to populate boundary data instead of half-time
-            // to avoid interpolating from precursor data
-            m_bndry_plane.populate_data(
-                lev, m_time.new_time(), m_field, *mfabs[i], 0, i);
+            m_bndry_plane.populate_data(lev, time, m_field, *mfabs[i], 0, i);
         }
     }
 }