diff --git a/framework/src/utils/PetscSupport.C b/framework/src/utils/PetscSupport.C
index 5a87dd11e6ce..c1f709153e01 100644
--- a/framework/src/utils/PetscSupport.C
+++ b/framework/src/utils/PetscSupport.C
@@ -616,8 +616,7 @@ storePetscOptions(FEProblemBase & fe_problem, const InputParameters & params)
   if (params.isParamValid("mffd_type"))
   {
     MooseEnum mffd_type = params.get<MooseEnum>("mffd_type");
-    if (fe_problem.solverParams()._mffd_type == Moose::MFFD_INVALID)
-      fe_problem.solverParams()._mffd_type = Moose::stringToEnum<Moose::MffdType>(mffd_type);
+    fe_problem.solverParams()._mffd_type = Moose::stringToEnum<Moose::MffdType>(mffd_type);
   }
 
   // The parameters contained in the Action
diff --git a/test/tests/time_integrators/crank-nicolson/gold/cranic_ds_out.e b/test/tests/time_integrators/crank-nicolson/gold/cranic_ds_out.e
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d6b6f429cfc9
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/tests/time_integrators/crank-nicolson/gold/cranic_ds_out.e differ
diff --git a/test/tests/utils/mffd/mffd_test.i b/test/tests/utils/mffd/mffd_test.i
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f12cf7ae257d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/utils/mffd/mffd_test.i
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+[Mesh]
+  type = GeneratedMesh
+  dim = 1
+  nx = 1
+[]
+
+[Variables]
+  [./u]
+  [../]
+[]
+
+[Kernels]
+  [./diff]
+    type = Diffusion
+    variable = u
+  [../]
+[]
+
+[BCs]
+  [./left]
+    type = DirichletBC
+    variable = u
+    boundary = 'left'
+    value = 0
+  [../]
+  [./right]
+    type = DirichletBC
+    variable = u
+    boundary = 'right'
+    value = 1
+  [../]
+[]
+
+[Executioner]
+  type = Steady
+  solve_type = 'PJFNK'
+  mffd_type = 'ds'
+[]
diff --git a/test/tests/utils/mffd/tests b/test/tests/utils/mffd/tests
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3d9d88b76e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/utils/mffd/tests
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Tests]
+  [./mffd_test]
+    type = 'RunApp'
+    input = 'mffd_test.i'
+    expect_out = 'Using ds compute h routine'
+    cli_args = '-snes_view'
+  [../]
+[]