diff --git a/tests/test_config_validation.py b/tests/test_config_validation.py
index 46bf6a47..f9688d62 100644
--- a/tests/test_config_validation.py
+++ b/tests/test_config_validation.py
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ def test_piecewise_utility_requires_enforced_baseline(default_config) -> None:
         validate_consumer_values(config)
 
 
+def test_deviation_penalty_generation_skips_baseline_check(default_config) -> None:
+    """The Broyden iteration names a scenario it synthesizes per iteration."""
+    config = deepcopy(default_config)
+    config["food_utility_piecewise"]["enabled"] = True
+    config["consumer_values"]["baseline_scenario"] = "_cal_baseline_iter00"
+    config["deviation_penalty"]["calibration"]["generate"] = True
+
+    validate_consumer_values(config)
+
+
 def test_scenario_piecewise_utility_accepts_enforced_baseline(default_config) -> None:
     config = deepcopy(default_config)
     config["scenarios"] = {
diff --git a/workflow/validation/consumer_values.py b/workflow/validation/consumer_values.py
index 52809844..d70a4c54 100644
--- a/workflow/validation/consumer_values.py
+++ b/workflow/validation/consumer_values.py
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
 
 def validate_consumer_values(config: dict, _project_root=None) -> None:
     """Validate piecewise food utility against its configured baseline."""
+    if config["deviation_penalty"]["calibration"]["generate"]:
+        # The Broyden iteration synthesizes a baseline and a main scenario per
+        # iteration in-process, so the configured baseline names one of those
+        # rather than a scenario the workflow declares.
+        return
+
     scenario_defs = expand_scenario_defs(config["scenarios"])
     effective_configs = [("base config", config)]
     effective_configs.extend(