diff --git a/src/fix_store_global.cpp b/src/fix_store_global.cpp
index 028d35810e..5baef27029 100644
--- a/src/fix_store_global.cpp
+++ b/src/fix_store_global.cpp
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ void FixStoreGlobal::restart(char *buf)
   //   means the restart file is setting size of vec or array and doing init
   //   because caller did not know size at time this fix was instantiated
   // reallocate vstore or astore accordingly
+  // also reset nrow,ncol to values from restart file
 
   if (n1 != n1_restart || n2 != n2_restart) {
     memory->destroy(vstore);
@@ -165,8 +166,8 @@ void FixStoreGlobal::restart(char *buf)
       vecflag = 1;
     else
       arrayflag = 1;
-    n1 = n1_restart;
-    n2 = n2_restart;
+    nrow = n1 = n1_restart;
+    ncol = n2 = n2_restart;
     if (vecflag)
       memory->create(vstore, n1, "fix/store:vstore");
     else if (arrayflag)