diff --git a/src/initialization.jl b/src/initialization.jl
index 605300a61..993d10686 100644
--- a/src/initialization.jl
+++ b/src/initialization.jl
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ struct OverrideInitData{IProb, UIProb, IProbMap, IProbPmap}
 
     function OverrideInitData(initprob::I, update_initprob!::J, initprobmap::K,
             initprobpmap::L) where {I, J, K, L}
-        @assert initprob isa Union{NonlinearProblem, NonlinearLeastSquaresProblem}
+        @assert initprob isa
+                Union{SCCNonlinearProblem, NonlinearProblem, NonlinearLeastSquaresProblem}
         return new{I, J, K, L}(initprob, update_initprob!, initprobmap, initprobpmap)
     end
 end
diff --git a/src/problems/nonlinear_problems.jl b/src/problems/nonlinear_problems.jl
index 43c6e5f9c..b2a9989c4 100644
--- a/src/problems/nonlinear_problems.jl
+++ b/src/problems/nonlinear_problems.jl
@@ -472,7 +472,8 @@ mutable struct SCCNonlinearProblem{uType, iip, P, E, I, Par} <:
 
     function SCCNonlinearProblem{P, E, I, Par}(
             probs::P, funs::E, indp::I, pobj::Par, alias::Bool) where {P, E, I, Par}
-        u0 = mapreduce(state_values, vcat, probs)
+        u0 = mapreduce(
+            state_values, vcat, probs; init = similar(state_values(first(probs)), 0))
         uType = typeof(u0)
         new{uType, false, P, E, I, Par}(probs, funs, indp, pobj, alias)
     end
@@ -501,7 +502,8 @@ function SymbolicIndexingInterface.parameter_values(prob::SCCNonlinearProblem)
     prob.parameter_object
 end
 function SymbolicIndexingInterface.state_values(prob::SCCNonlinearProblem)
-    mapreduce(state_values, vcat, prob.probs)
+    mapreduce(
+        state_values, vcat, prob.probs; init = similar(state_values(first(prob.probs)), 0))
 end
 
 function SymbolicIndexingInterface.set_state!(prob::SCCNonlinearProblem, val, idx)