diff --git a/examples/friction/in.friction b/examples/friction/in.friction
index 938c4f3bc2..c9f393a6fd 100644
--- a/examples/friction/in.friction
+++ b/examples/friction/in.friction
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ velocity	hi set 1.0 0.0 0.0 sum yes
 
 fix		1 all nve
 fix		2 boundary setforce 0.0 0.0 0.0
-fix		3 mobile temp/rescale 200 0.1 0.1 0.02 1.0
-fix_modify	3 temp new
+fix		3 mobile temp/rescale 200 0.1 0.1 0.02 1.0 partial 0 1 0
 
 # Run