diff --git a/src/model/model_evaluator.cpp b/src/model/model_evaluator.cpp
index 2fa79b2ce..b1dc9c1ab 100644
--- a/src/model/model_evaluator.cpp
+++ b/src/model/model_evaluator.cpp
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ struct evaluator_cfg : public default_rewriter_cfg {
             func_interp * fi = m_model.get_func_interp(g);
             if (fi && (result = fi->get_array_interp(g))) {
                 model_evaluator ev(m_model, m_params);
+                ev.set_model_completion(false);
                 result = ev(result);
                 m_pinned.push_back(result);
                 m_def_cache.insert(g, result);