diff --git a/src/fix_ave_time.cpp b/src/fix_ave_time.cpp
index 97d45bda56..199676f37f 100644
--- a/src/fix_ave_time.cpp
+++ b/src/fix_ave_time.cpp
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ void FixAveTime::end_of_step()
 	  compute->compute_scalar();
 	  compute->invoked_flag |= INVOKED_SCALAR;
 	}
-	vector[i] += compute->compute_scalar();
+	vector[i] += compute->scalar;
       } else {
 	if (!(compute->invoked_flag & INVOKED_VECTOR)) {
 	  compute->compute_vector();