diff --git a/src/storm/builder/ExplicitModelBuilder.cpp b/src/storm/builder/ExplicitModelBuilder.cpp
index ac4b554d5..e0307344f 100644
--- a/src/storm/builder/ExplicitModelBuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/storm/builder/ExplicitModelBuilder.cpp
@@ -309,8 +309,8 @@ namespace storm {
             buildMatrices(transitionMatrixBuilder, rewardModelBuilders, choiceInformationBuilder, markovianStates);
             
             // Initialize the model components with the obtained information.
-            storm::storage::sparse::ModelComponents<ValueType, RewardModelType> modelComponents(transitionMatrixBuilder.build(), buildStateLabeling(), std::unordered_map<std::string, RewardModelType>(), !generator->isDiscreteTimeModel(), std::move(markovianStates));
-            
+            storm::storage::sparse::ModelComponents<ValueType, RewardModelType> modelComponents(transitionMatrixBuilder.build(0, transitionMatrixBuilder.getLastRowGroup()), buildStateLabeling(), std::unordered_map<std::string, RewardModelType>(), !generator->isDiscreteTimeModel(), std::move(markovianStates));
+                        
             // Now finalize all reward models.
             for (auto& rewardModelBuilder : rewardModelBuilders) {
                 modelComponents.rewardModels.emplace(rewardModelBuilder.getName(), rewardModelBuilder.build(modelComponents.transitionMatrix.getRowCount(), modelComponents.transitionMatrix.getColumnCount(), modelComponents.transitionMatrix.getRowGroupCount()));
diff --git a/src/storm/storage/SparseMatrix.cpp b/src/storm/storage/SparseMatrix.cpp
index 83ff4f3af..009e5ab0b 100644
--- a/src/storm/storage/SparseMatrix.cpp
+++ b/src/storm/storage/SparseMatrix.cpp
@@ -271,7 +271,16 @@ namespace storm {
         typename SparseMatrixBuilder<ValueType>::index_type SparseMatrixBuilder<ValueType>::getLastRow() const {
             return lastRow;
         }
-        
+
+        template<typename ValueType>
+        typename SparseMatrixBuilder<ValueType>::index_type SparseMatrixBuilder<ValueType>::getLastRowGroup() const {
+            if (this->hasCustomRowGrouping) {
+                return currentRowGroup;
+            } else {
+                return getLastRow();
+            }
+        }
+
         template<typename ValueType>
         typename SparseMatrixBuilder<ValueType>::index_type SparseMatrixBuilder<ValueType>::getLastColumn() const {
             return lastColumn;
diff --git a/src/storm/storage/SparseMatrix.h b/src/storm/storage/SparseMatrix.h
index 08a23ab2e..98eb959b5 100644
--- a/src/storm/storage/SparseMatrix.h
+++ b/src/storm/storage/SparseMatrix.h
@@ -219,6 +219,13 @@ namespace storm {
              */
             index_type getLastRow() const;
 
+            /*!
+             * Retrieves the most recently used row group.
+             *
+             * @return The most recently used row group.
+             */
+            index_type getLastRowGroup() const;
+
             /*!
              * Retrieves the most recently used row.
              *