diff --git a/src/INTEL/intel_buffers.cpp b/src/INTEL/intel_buffers.cpp
index 07e59b1bcf..bb54577097 100644
--- a/src/INTEL/intel_buffers.cpp
+++ b/src/INTEL/intel_buffers.cpp
@@ -391,9 +391,10 @@ void IntelBuffers<flt_t, acc_t>::_grow_nbor_list(NeighList * /*list*/,
   free_nbor_list();
   _list_alloc_atoms = 1.10 * nlocal;
   int nt = MAX(nthreads, _off_threads);
-  int list_alloc_size = (_list_alloc_atoms + nt * 2 + pack_width - 1) *
-    get_max_nbors();
-  lmp->memory->create(_list_alloc, list_alloc_size, "_list_alloc");
+
+  bigint list_alloc_size =
+    (bigint)(_list_alloc_atoms + nt * 2 + pack_width - 1) * (bigint)get_max_nbors();
+  _list_alloc = (int *) lmp->memory->smalloc(list_alloc_size * sizeof(int), "_list_alloc");
   #ifdef _LMP_INTEL_OFFLOAD
   if (offload_end > 0) {
     int * list_alloc =_list_alloc;
@@ -706,7 +707,7 @@ double IntelBuffers<flt_t, acc_t>::memory_usage(const int nthreads)
   if (_off_f) tmem += fstride*_off_threads * sizeof(vec3_acc_t);
   #endif
 
-  tmem += (_list_alloc_atoms + _off_threads) * get_max_nbors() * sizeof(int);
+  tmem += (bigint)(_list_alloc_atoms + _off_threads) * (bigint)get_max_nbors() * sizeof(int);
   tmem += _ntypes * _ntypes * sizeof(int);
 
   tmem += _buf_local_size + (_n_list_ptrs - 1) * _buf_local_size * 2;
diff --git a/src/memory.cpp b/src/memory.cpp
index c2d8163ece..ce82f70428 100644
--- a/src/memory.cpp
+++ b/src/memory.cpp
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ void *Memory::smalloc(bigint nbytes, const char *name)
   void *ptr = malloc(nbytes);
 #endif
   if (ptr == nullptr)
-    error->one(FLERR,"Failed to allocate {} bytes for array {}",
-                                 nbytes,name);
+    error->one(FLERR,"Failed to allocate {} bytes for array {}", nbytes,name);
   return ptr;
 }