diff --git a/cmake/ecwam_expand_drv_types.cmake b/cmake/ecwam_expand_drv_types.cmake
index 65ac08575..89e295618 100644
--- a/cmake/ecwam_expand_drv_types.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ecwam_expand_drv_types.cmake
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 macro( ecwam_expand_drv_types )
 
-   if( ${PNAME}_OCEANMODEL_HAVE_SINGLE_PRECISION )
+   if( ${OCEAN_PREC} STREQUAL SP )
       list(APPEND FYPP_ARGS -DPARKIND1_SINGLE_NEMO)
    endif()
 
diff --git a/src/ecwam/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ecwam/CMakeLists.txt
index 0cc78362f..8db847534 100644
--- a/src/ecwam/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ecwam/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -405,11 +405,11 @@ endif()
 set( ${PNAME}_OCEANMODEL_LIBRARIES "" )
 if( HAVE_OCEAN_COUPLING )
   list(APPEND ECWAM_DEFINITIONS WITH_NEMO )
-  if( ${OCEAN_PREC} STREQUAL SP )
-    list(APPEND ECWAM_DEFINITIONS PARKIND1_SINGLE_NEMO )
-  endif()
   set( ${PNAME}_OCEANMODEL_LIBRARIES nemogcmcoup.${OCEAN_PREC} )
 endif()
+if( ${OCEAN_PREC} STREQUAL SP )
+  list(APPEND ECWAM_DEFINITIONS PARKIND1_SINGLE_NEMO )
+endif()
 
 if( HAVE_ECFLOW )
   list(APPEND ECWAM_PRIVATE_DEFINITIONS WAM_HAVE_ECFLOW)