diff --git a/examples/make_protect_lib/sim_main.cpp b/examples/make_protect_lib/sim_main.cpp
index 8c0933f37..06e5acb4d 100644
--- a/examples/make_protect_lib/sim_main.cpp
+++ b/examples/make_protect_lib/sim_main.cpp
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
     // Simulate until $finish
     while (!contextp->gotFinish()) {
-        contextp->timeInc(1);
         top->clk = ~top->clk & 0x1;
         top->eval();
 #if VM_TRACE
         if (tfp) tfp->dump(contextp->time());
 #endif
+        contextp->timeInc(1);
     }
 
     // Final model cleanup
diff --git a/include/verilated.cpp b/include/verilated.cpp
index b6917aaf5..619b29425 100644
--- a/include/verilated.cpp
+++ b/include/verilated.cpp
@@ -2669,7 +2669,7 @@ void VerilatedContext::addModel(VerilatedModel* modelp) {
     // models might get added inside initial blocks.
     if (VL_UNLIKELY(time()))
         VL_FATAL_MT(
-            __FILE__, __LINE__, "",
+            "", 0, "",
             "Adding model when time is non-zero. ... Suggest check time(), or for restarting"
             " model use a new VerilatedContext");
 
diff --git a/test_regress/driver.pl b/test_regress/driver.pl
index 3357b5091..74f1d4e58 100755
--- a/test_regress/driver.pl
+++ b/test_regress/driver.pl
@@ -2375,7 +2375,7 @@ sub files_identical {
                 $l1[$l] =~ s/CPU Time: +[0-9.]+ seconds[^\n]+/CPU Time: ###/mig;
                 $l1[$l] =~ s/\?v=[0-9.]+/?v=latest/mig;  # warning URL
                 $l1[$l] =~ s/_h[0-9a-f]{8}_/_h########_/mg;
-                $l1[$l] =~ s!%Error: \./!%Error: !mg; # clang gives ./ while GCC does not
+                $l1[$l] =~ s!%Error: /[^: ]+/([^/:])!%Error: .../$1!mg;  # avoid absolute paths
                 $l1[$l] =~ s/ \/[^ ]+\/verilated_std.sv/ verilated_std.sv/mg;
                 if ($l1[$l] =~ s/Exiting due to.*/Exiting due to/mig) {
                     splice @l1, $l+1;  # Trunc rest
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_wrapper_reuse_context_bad.out b/test_regress/t/t_wrapper_reuse_context_bad.out
index b27e39add..66e87adb9 100644
--- a/test_regress/t/t_wrapper_reuse_context_bad.out
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_wrapper_reuse_context_bad.out
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-%Error: /svaha/wsnyder/SandBox/homecvs/v4/verilator/include/verilated.cpp:2672: Adding model when time is non-zero. ... Suggest check time(), or for restarting model use a new VerilatedContext
+%Error: Adding model when time is non-zero. ... Suggest check time(), or for restarting model use a new VerilatedContext
 Aborting...