diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/pair_snap_kokkos.h b/src/KOKKOS/pair_snap_kokkos.h
index 2937359822..b8160c318b 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/pair_snap_kokkos.h
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/pair_snap_kokkos.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class PairSNAPKokkos : public PairSNAP {
   static constexpr int tile_size_compute_zi = 2;
   static constexpr int tile_size_compute_bi = 2;
   static constexpr int tile_size_transform_bi = 2;
-  static constexpr int tile_size_compute_yi = 2;
+  static constexpr int tile_size_compute_yi = 8;
   static constexpr int team_size_compute_fused_deidrj = 2;
 #else
   static constexpr int team_size_compute_neigh = 4;