diff --git a/matlab/evaluate_steady_state_file.m b/matlab/evaluate_steady_state_file.m
index cecf3ec507da0a94031ad7da80f35a3eb876afd1..be84e6f392b1d54c937be39b1c7f8f43422d363d 100644
--- a/matlab/evaluate_steady_state_file.m
+++ b/matlab/evaluate_steady_state_file.m
@@ -70,9 +70,14 @@ else
     updated_params_flag = 0;
 end
 
-if M.set_auxiliary_variables %otherwise Octave may crash, see https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52568
+if M.set_auxiliary_variables
+    % Define function handle for the function setting the auxiliary
+    % variables only if the model has auxiliary variables. Otherwise
+    % Octave may crash (see https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52568) because
+    % the function does not exist in the path.
     h_set_auxiliary_variables = str2func([M.fname '_set_auxiliary_variables']);
 end
+
 if  isnan(updated_params_flag) || (updated_params_flag  && any(isnan(params(~isnan(params))-params1(~isnan(params))))) %checks if new NaNs were added
     info(1) = 24;
     info(2) = NaN;