diff --git a/framework/include/interfaces/Coupleable.h b/framework/include/interfaces/Coupleable.h
index 102b83f00239..a8d8bab894ed 100644
--- a/framework/include/interfaces/Coupleable.h
+++ b/framework/include/interfaces/Coupleable.h
@@ -551,6 +551,13 @@ class Coupleable
   virtual const VariableValue & coupledValueOlder(const std::string & var_name,
                                                   unsigned int comp = 0) const;
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the older values for all of a coupled variable's components
+   * @param var_name Name of coupled variable
+   * @return Vector of VariableValue pointers for each component of \p var_name
+   */
+  std::vector<const VariableValue *> coupledValuesOlder(const std::string & var_name) const;
+
   /**
    * Returns value of previous Newton iterate of a coupled variable
    * @param var_name Name of coupled variable
diff --git a/framework/src/interfaces/Coupleable.C b/framework/src/interfaces/Coupleable.C
index f4482eda62dd..260d5ecae47e 100644
--- a/framework/src/interfaces/Coupleable.C
+++ b/framework/src/interfaces/Coupleable.C
@@ -2544,6 +2544,13 @@ Coupleable::coupledValuesOld(const std::string & var_name) const
   return coupledVectorHelper<const VariableValue *>(var_name, func);
 }
 
+std::vector<const VariableValue *>
+Coupleable::coupledValuesOlder(const std::string & var_name) const
+{
+  auto func = [this, &var_name](unsigned int comp) { return &coupledValueOlder(var_name, comp); };
+  return coupledVectorHelper<const VariableValue *>(var_name, func);
+}
+
 std::vector<const VariableGradient *>
 Coupleable::coupledGradients(const std::string & var_name) const
 {
diff --git a/framework/src/materials/InterpolatedStatefulMaterial.C b/framework/src/materials/InterpolatedStatefulMaterial.C
index 74cb95fc2c07..d001c0bb6660 100644
--- a/framework/src/materials/InterpolatedStatefulMaterial.C
+++ b/framework/src/materials/InterpolatedStatefulMaterial.C
@@ -31,14 +31,16 @@ InterpolatedStatefulMaterialTempl<T>::InterpolatedStatefulMaterialTempl(
     const InputParameters & parameters)
   : Material(parameters),
     _old_state(coupledValuesOld("old_state")),
-    _older_state(coupledValuesOld("old_state")), // older is missing
+    _older_state(coupledValuesOlder("old_state")),
     _size(Moose::SerialAccess<T>::size()),
     _prop_name(getParam<MaterialPropertyName>("prop_name")),
     _prop_old(declareProperty<T>(_prop_name + "_interpolated_old")),
     _prop_older(declareProperty<T>(_prop_name + "_interpolated_older"))
 {
   if (_old_state.size() != _size)
-    paramError("old_state", "Wrong number of compoet AuxVariables passed in.");
+    paramError("old_state", "Wrong number of component AuxVariables passed in.");
+  mooseAssert(_old_state.size() == _older_state.size(),
+              "Internal error. Old and older coupled variable vectors should have the same size.");
 }
 
 template <typename T>