diff --git a/src/USER-INTEL/pair_sw_intel.cpp b/src/USER-INTEL/pair_sw_intel.cpp
index 1955cd2e6d..a15f255199 100644
--- a/src/USER-INTEL/pair_sw_intel.cpp
+++ b/src/USER-INTEL/pair_sw_intel.cpp
@@ -1292,6 +1292,11 @@ void PairSWIntel::ForceConst<flt_t>::set_ntypes(const int ntypes,
       _memory->destroy(op2e);
       _memory->destroy(op3);
     }
+    memory->destroy(p2);
+    memory->create(p2f);
+    memory->create(p2f2);
+    memory->create(p2e);
+    memory->create(p3);
     if (ntypes > 0) {
       _cop = cop;
       memory->create(p2,ntypes,ntypes,"fc.p2");
diff --git a/src/USER-INTEL/pair_sw_intel.h b/src/USER-INTEL/pair_sw_intel.h
index 36e39e3e85..973caa5daf 100644
--- a/src/USER-INTEL/pair_sw_intel.h
+++ b/src/USER-INTEL/pair_sw_intel.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class PairSWIntel : public PairSW {
     fc_packed2 **p2e;
     fc_packed3 ***p3;
 
-    ForceConst() : _ntypes(0)  {}
+    ForceConst() : _ntypes(0), p2(0), p2f(0), p2f2(0), p2e(0), p3(0)  {}
     ~ForceConst() { set_ntypes(0, NULL, _cop); }
 
     void set_ntypes(const int ntypes, Memory *memory, const int cop);