diff --git a/src/KSPACE/pair_coul_long.cpp b/src/KSPACE/pair_coul_long.cpp
index 8d878e663d..65ef65d07d 100644
--- a/src/KSPACE/pair_coul_long.cpp
+++ b/src/KSPACE/pair_coul_long.cpp
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ void PairCoulLong::init_style()
 
 double PairCoulLong::init_one(int i, int j)
 {
+  scale[j][i] = scale[i][j];
+
   return cut_coul;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pair_coul_cut.cpp b/src/pair_coul_cut.cpp
index de03785d8d..f361f0ad9a 100644
--- a/src/pair_coul_cut.cpp
+++ b/src/pair_coul_cut.cpp
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ double PairCoulCut::init_one(int i, int j)
   if (setflag[i][j] == 0)
     cut[i][j] = mix_distance(cut[i][i],cut[j][j]);
 
+  scale[j][i] = scale[i][j];
+
   return cut[i][j];
 }