diff --git a/src/fix_ave_chunk.cpp b/src/fix_ave_chunk.cpp
index 1060acd7bb..73df50c66c 100644
--- a/src/fix_ave_chunk.cpp
+++ b/src/fix_ave_chunk.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ FixAveChunk::FixAveChunk(LAMMPS *lmp, int narg, char **arg) :
   strcpy(idchunk,arg[6]);
 
   global_freq = nfreq;
+  peratom_freq = nfreq;
   no_change_box = 1;
 
   // expand args if any have wildcard character "*"