diff --git a/src/pair_hybrid.cpp b/src/pair_hybrid.cpp
index fe319da9e9..4d8d6f6902 100644
--- a/src/pair_hybrid.cpp
+++ b/src/pair_hybrid.cpp
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ void PairHybrid::read_restart(FILE *fp)
     keywords[m] = new char[n];
     if (me == 0) utils::sfread(FLERR,keywords[m],sizeof(char),n,fp,NULL,error);
     MPI_Bcast(keywords[m],n,MPI_CHAR,0,world);
-    styles[m] = force->new_pair(keywords[m],0,dummy);
+    styles[m] = force->new_pair(keywords[m],1,dummy);
     styles[m]->read_restart_settings(fp);
     // read back per style special settings, if present
     special_lj[m] = special_coul[m] = NULL;