diff --git a/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/lb_invoke/lb_manager.cc b/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/lb_invoke/lb_manager.cc
index 679ea0cc21..900149749f 100644
--- a/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/lb_invoke/lb_manager.cc
+++ b/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/lb_invoke/lb_manager.cc
@@ -643,13 +643,25 @@ void LBManager::computeStatistics(
 
     // FIXME: this is only TemperedWMin specific and requires composed
     // WeightedCommunicationVolume model (TemperedWMin::total_work_model_)
-    auto work = model->getModeledLoad(
-      elm, {balance::PhaseOffset::NEXT_PHASE, balance::PhaseOffset::WHOLE_PHASE}
-    );
-    obj_work_model.emplace_back(
-      LoadData{lb::Statistic::Object_work_modeled, work}
-    );
-    total_work_from_model += work;
+    auto proxy_iter = lb_instances_.find("chosen");
+    if (proxy_iter == lb_instances_.end()) {
+      vt_debug_print(verbose, lb,"No load balancer instance chosen\n");
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    auto strat = proxy_iter->second.get();
+    if (strat) {
+      auto tempered = reinterpret_cast<lb::TemperedWMin*>(strat);
+      if (not tempered) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      auto work = tempered->getModeledValue(elm);
+      obj_work_model.emplace_back(
+        LoadData{lb::Statistic::Object_work_modeled, work}
+      );
+      total_work_from_model += work;
+    }
   }
 
   TimeType total_load_raw = 0.;
diff --git a/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/temperedwmin/temperedwmin.cc b/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/temperedwmin/temperedwmin.cc
index ce237742f1..4da4390daf 100644
--- a/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/temperedwmin/temperedwmin.cc
+++ b/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/temperedwmin/temperedwmin.cc
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include "vt/vrt/collection/balance/lb_invoke/lb_manager.h"
 #include "vt/vrt/collection/balance/model/load_model.h"
 #include "vt/vrt/collection/balance/model/weighted_communication_volume.h"
+#include <memory>
 
 namespace vt { namespace vrt { namespace collection { namespace lb {
 
diff --git a/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/temperedwmin/temperedwmin.h b/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/temperedwmin/temperedwmin.h
index 2125e456e2..b3124738b3 100644
--- a/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/temperedwmin/temperedwmin.h
+++ b/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/temperedwmin/temperedwmin.h
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ struct TemperedWMin : TemperedLB {
 
   void inputParams(balance::SpecEntry* spec) override;
 
-protected:
   TimeType getModeledValue(const elm::ElementIDStruct& obj) override;
 
 private: