diff --git a/matlab/ep/extended_path_initialization.m b/matlab/ep/extended_path_initialization.m
index 63197f3824a83df1ac5614c08dd89515416d6526..6723320a842eab4a62143889264fe940f6a9f69c 100644
--- a/matlab/ep/extended_path_initialization.m
+++ b/matlab/ep/extended_path_initialization.m
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ else
     pfm.dr = [];
 end
 
+% Deactivate homotopy with SEP
+if ep.stochastic.order>0
+    options_.no_homotopy = true;
+end
+
 % number of nonzero derivatives
 pfm.nnzA = M_.NNZDerivatives(1);