diff --git a/src/npair_multi.cpp b/src/npair_multi.cpp
index e74e16470a..7cfb3b836b 100644
--- a/src/npair_multi.cpp
+++ b/src/npair_multi.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ void NPairMulti<HALF, NEWTON, TRI, SIZE>::build(NeighList *list)
   for (i = 0; i < nlocal; i++) {
     n = 0;
     neighptr = ipage->vget();
+
+    itag = tag[i];
     itype = type[i];
     icollection = collection[i];
     xtmp = x[i][0];
diff --git a/src/nstencil_multi.cpp b/src/nstencil_multi.cpp
index 8e504cc9b9..a73215a058 100644
--- a/src/nstencil_multi.cpp
+++ b/src/nstencil_multi.cpp
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ void NStencilMulti<HALF, DIM_3D, TRI>::create()
       // Half and ortho stencils include central bin first
       // This preserves the historical order of the neighbor list
       // as the old npair classes used to separately parse the central bin first
+      // This !TRI condition (and the one below) are now unnecessary
+      // since triclinic only uses full stencils - kept the flags for clarity
       if (HALF && (!TRI))
         if (half_flag) stencil_multi[icollection][jcollection][ns++] = 0;
 
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ void NStencilMulti<HALF, DIM_3D, TRI>::create()
                 }
               }
             }
-            if (bin_distance_multi(i,j,k,bin_collection) < cutsq)
+            if (bin_distance_multi(i, j, k, bin_collection) < cutsq)
               stencil_multi[icollection][jcollection][ns++] = k * mbiny * mbinx + j * mbinx + i;
           }
         }