diff --git a/climada_petals/hazard/tc_rainfield.py b/climada_petals/hazard/tc_rainfield.py
index d825efb25..0ff14e7f1 100644
--- a/climada_petals/hazard/tc_rainfield.py
+++ b/climada_petals/hazard/tc_rainfield.py
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ def _windprofile(
         si_track = si_track.copy(deep=True)
         si_track["cp"].values[:] = 5e-5
     return compute_angular_windspeeds(
-        si_track, d_centr, mask_centr_close, model, cyclostrophic=cyclostrophic,
+        si_track, d_centr, mask_centr_close, model, model_kwarg=dict(cyclostrophic=cyclostrophic),
     )
 
 def _w_shear(