diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/fix_viscous_kokkos.cpp b/src/KOKKOS/fix_viscous_kokkos.cpp
index 7d3d5f042a..6fb2bd9d6a 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/fix_viscous_kokkos.cpp
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/fix_viscous_kokkos.cpp
@@ -61,8 +61,12 @@ void FixViscousKokkos<DeviceType>::init()
 
   k_gamma = Kokkos::DualView<double*, Kokkos::LayoutRight, DeviceType>("FixViscousKokkos:gamma",atom->ntypes+1);
 
+  gamma2 = k_gamma.template view<DeviceType>();
+
   for (int i = 1; i <= atom->ntypes; i++) k_gamma.h_view(i) = gamma[i]; 
 
+  k_gamma.template sync<DeviceType>();
+
   if (utils::strmatch(update->integrate_style,"^respa"))
     error->all(FLERR,"Cannot (yet) use respa with Kokkos");
 }
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ template<class DeviceType>
 KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
 void FixViscousKokkos<DeviceType>::operator()(TagFixViscous, const int &i) const {
   if (mask[i] & groupbit) {
-    double drag = k_gamma.h_view(type[i]);
+    double drag = gamma2(type[i]);
     f(i,0) -= drag*v(i,0);
     f(i,1) -= drag*v(i,1);
     f(i,2) -= drag*v(i,2);
diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/fix_viscous_kokkos.h b/src/KOKKOS/fix_viscous_kokkos.h
index 904e3bd6c4..0498b3ab77 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/fix_viscous_kokkos.h
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/fix_viscous_kokkos.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class FixViscousKokkos : public FixViscous {
   typename AT::t_int_1d_randomread type;
 
   Kokkos::DualView<double*, Kokkos::LayoutRight, DeviceType> k_gamma;
+  typename Kokkos::DualView<double*,Kokkos::LayoutRight,DeviceType>::t_dev_const_um gamma2;
 };
 
 }