diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 52886c14a6..7144c24783 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ Fixed bugs
 Miscellaneous
 -------------
 
+- add objective offset instead of objective offset variable in cip reader
+
 Known bugs
 ----------
 
diff --git a/check/CMakeLists.txt b/check/CMakeLists.txt
index 6de8242362..1d4019b059 100644
--- a/check/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/check/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ set(instances_PB
     "instances/PseudoBoolean/normalized-90_rounds_0_errors.opb\;0"
     "instances/PseudoBoolean/normalized-t2001.13queen13.1111218308.opb\;+infinity"
     "instances/PseudoBoolean/normalized-t2001.13queen13.1110976730--soft-33-100-0.wbo\;4"
-    "instances/PseudoBoolean/wheel010.lap.opb.pre.cip\;25"
+    "instances/PseudoBoolean/wheel010.lap.opb.pre.cip\;16"
     )
 
 #
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ set(instances_Symmetry_A
 
 set(instances_Symmetry_B
     "instances/MIP/stein27_inf.lp\;+infinity"
-    "instances/PseudoBoolean/wheel010.lap.opb.pre.cip\;25"
+    "instances/PseudoBoolean/wheel010.lap.opb.pre.cip\;16"
     )
 
 #
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ foreach(instance ${instances_MIP_write})
 endforeach(instance)
 
 #
-# test writing and reading from and to different file extensions for MIP
+# test writing and reading from and to different file extensions for MIP (only without original objective offset)
 #
 foreach(instance ${instances_MIP})
     split_instance(instance)
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ foreach(instance ${instances_MIP})
 endforeach(instance)
 
 #
-# test writing and reading from and to different file extensions for PB
+# test writing and reading from and to different file extensions for PB (only without original objective offset)
 #
 foreach(instance ${instances_PB})
     split_instance(instance)
diff --git a/check/instances/PseudoBoolean/wheel010.lap.opb.pre.cip b/check/instances/PseudoBoolean/wheel010.lap.opb.pre.cip
index 0a8f76207c..4b90471eb5 100644
--- a/check/instances/PseudoBoolean/wheel010.lap.opb.pre.cip
+++ b/check/instances/PseudoBoolean/wheel010.lap.opb.pre.cip
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ STATISTICS
   Constraints      : 273 initial, 273 maximal
 OBJECTIVE
   Sense            : minimize
-  Offset           : +9
 VARIABLES
   [binary] <t_x224>: obj=0, global bounds=[-0,1], local bounds=[-0,1]
   [binary] <t_x143>: obj=1, global bounds=[-0,1], local bounds=[-0,1]
diff --git a/check/testset/short.solu b/check/testset/short.solu
index 56c6c692bd..7cff4df5ba 100644
--- a/check/testset/short.solu
+++ b/check/testset/short.solu
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 =opt= normalized-mds_50_25_5            3
 =opt= normalized-t2001.13queen13.1110976730--soft-33-100-0 4
 =inf= normalized-t2001.13queen13.1111218308
-=opt= wheel010.lap.opb.pre             25
+=opt= wheel010.lap.opb.pre             16
 =opt= bart10.shuffled                   0
 =opt= linking                           2
 =opt= j301_2                           47
diff --git a/src/scip/reader_cip.c b/src/scip/reader_cip.c
index f9721a3590..4b29348065 100644
--- a/src/scip/reader_cip.c
+++ b/src/scip/reader_cip.c
@@ -866,14 +866,7 @@ SCIP_DECL_READERREAD(readerReadCip)
 
    if( !SCIPisZero(scip, objoffset) && !cipinput.haserror )
    {
-      SCIP_VAR* objoffsetvar;
-
-      objoffset *= objscale;
-      SCIP_CALL( SCIPcreateVar(scip, &objoffsetvar, "objoffset", objoffset, objoffset, 1.0, SCIP_VARTYPE_CONTINUOUS,
-         TRUE, TRUE, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL) );
-      SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddVar(scip, objoffsetvar) );
-      SCIP_CALL( SCIPreleaseVar(scip, &objoffsetvar) );
-      SCIPdebugMsg(scip, "added variables <objoffset> for objective offset of <%g>\n", objoffset);
+      SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddOrigObjoffset(scip, objscale * objoffset) );
    }
 
    if( cipinput.section != CIP_END && !cipinput.haserror )