diff --git a/src/compute_temp_partial.cpp b/src/compute_temp_partial.cpp
index 05bafb1970..a9468103ce 100644
--- a/src/compute_temp_partial.cpp
+++ b/src/compute_temp_partial.cpp
@@ -218,9 +218,9 @@ void ComputeTempPartial::remove_bias_all()
 }
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-   reset thermal velocity of atoms to be consistent with bias
-   called from velocity command after creating thermal velocities
-   needed to re-zero components that should stay zero
+   reset thermal velocity of all atoms to be consistent with bias
+   called from velocity command after it creates thermal velocities
+   this re-zero components that should stay zero
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 void ComputeTempPartial::reapply_bias_all()
@@ -229,12 +229,6 @@ void ComputeTempPartial::reapply_bias_all()
   int *mask = atom->mask;
   int nlocal = atom->nlocal;
 
-  if (nlocal > maxbias) {
-    memory->destroy(vbiasall);
-    maxbias = atom->nmax;
-    memory->create(vbiasall,maxbias,3,"temp/partial:vbiasall");
-  }
-
   if (!xflag) {
     for (int i = 0; i < nlocal; i++)
       if (mask[i] & groupbit) v[i][0] = 0.0;