diff --git a/src/lammps.cpp b/src/lammps.cpp
index 4341fea461..a6a4d983d4 100644
--- a/src/lammps.cpp
+++ b/src/lammps.cpp
@@ -685,13 +685,12 @@ void LAMMPS::post_create(int npack, int *pfirst, int *plast, char **arg)
     suffix2 = NULL;
   }
 
-  if (suffix) {
-    if (strcmp(suffix,"gpu") == 0) input->one("package gpu 1");
-    if (strcmp(suffix,"intel") == 0) input->one("package intel 1");
-    if (strcmp(suffix,"omp") == 0) input->one("package omp 0");
-  }
+  if (strcmp(suffix,"gpu") == 0) input->one("package gpu 1");
+  if (strcmp(suffix,"intel") == 0) input->one("package intel 1");
+  if (strcmp(suffix,"omp") == 0) input->one("package omp 0");
+
   if (suffix2) {
-    if (strcmp(suffix,"omp") == 0) input->one("package omp 0");
+    if (strcmp(suffix2,"omp") == 0) input->one("package omp 0");
   }
 
   // invoke any command-line package commands