diff --git a/src/imbalance_neigh.cpp b/src/imbalance_neigh.cpp
index 3a523114ee..0a1c2a87cc 100644
--- a/src/imbalance_neigh.cpp
+++ b/src/imbalance_neigh.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// clang-format off
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    LAMMPS - Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator
    https://www.lammps.org/, Sandia National Laboratories
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include "imbalance_neigh.h"
 
+#include "accelerator_kokkos.h"
 #include "atom.h"
 #include "comm.h"
 #include "error.h"
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ ImbalanceNeigh::ImbalanceNeigh(LAMMPS *lmp) : Imbalance(lmp)
 
 int ImbalanceNeigh::options(int narg, char **arg)
 {
-  if (narg < 1) error->all(FLERR,"Illegal balance weight command");
-  factor = utils::numeric(FLERR,arg[0],false,lmp);
-  if (factor <= 0.0) error->all(FLERR,"Illegal balance weight command");
+  if (narg < 1) error->all(FLERR, "Illegal balance weight command");
+  factor = utils::numeric(FLERR, arg[0], false, lmp);
+  if (factor <= 0.0) error->all(FLERR, "Illegal balance weight command");
   return 1;
 }
 
@@ -50,19 +50,30 @@ void ImbalanceNeigh::compute(double *weight)
 
   if (factor == 0.0) return;
 
+  // cannot use neighbor list weight with KOKKOS using GPUs
+
+  if (lmp->kokkos && lmp->kokkos->kokkos_exists) {
+    if (lmp->kokkos->ngpus > 0) {
+      if (comm->me == 0 && !did_warn)
+        error->warning(FLERR, "Balance weight neigh skipped with KOKKOS using GPUs");
+      did_warn = 1;
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
   // find suitable neighbor list
   // can only use certain conventional neighbor lists
   // NOTE: why not full list, if half does not exist?
 
   for (req = 0; req < neighbor->old_nrequest; ++req) {
-    if (neighbor->old_requests[req]->half &&
-        neighbor->old_requests[req]->skip == 0 &&
-        neighbor->lists[req] && neighbor->lists[req]->numneigh) break;
+    if (neighbor->old_requests[req]->half && neighbor->old_requests[req]->skip == 0 &&
+        neighbor->lists[req] && neighbor->lists[req]->numneigh)
+      break;
   }
 
   if (req >= neighbor->old_nrequest || neighbor->ago < 0) {
     if (comm->me == 0 && !did_warn)
-      error->warning(FLERR,"Balance weight neigh skipped b/c no list found");
+      error->warning(FLERR, "Balance weight neigh skipped b/c no list found");
     did_warn = 1;
     return;
   }
@@ -72,16 +83,16 @@ void ImbalanceNeigh::compute(double *weight)
 
   NeighList *list = neighbor->lists[req];
   const int inum = list->inum;
-  const int * const ilist = list->ilist;
-  const int * const numneigh = list->numneigh;
+  const int *const ilist = list->ilist;
+  const int *const numneigh = list->numneigh;
   int nlocal = atom->nlocal;
 
   bigint neighsum = 0;
   for (int i = 0; i < inum; ++i) neighsum += numneigh[ilist[i]];
   double localwt = 0.0;
-  if (nlocal) localwt = 1.0*neighsum/nlocal;
+  if (nlocal) localwt = 1.0 * neighsum / nlocal;
 
-  if (nlocal && localwt <= 0.0) error->one(FLERR,"Balance weight <= 0.0");
+  if (nlocal && localwt <= 0.0) error->one(FLERR, "Balance weight <= 0.0");
 
   // apply factor if specified != 1.0
   // wtlo,wthi = lo/hi values excluding 0.0 due to no atoms on this proc
@@ -90,15 +101,15 @@ void ImbalanceNeigh::compute(double *weight)
   // expand/contract all localwt values from lo->hi to lo->newhi
 
   if (factor != 1.0) {
-    double wtlo,wthi;
+    double wtlo, wthi;
     if (localwt == 0.0) localwt = BIG;
-    MPI_Allreduce(&localwt,&wtlo,1,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_MIN,world);
+    MPI_Allreduce(&localwt, &wtlo, 1, MPI_DOUBLE, MPI_MIN, world);
     if (localwt == BIG) localwt = 0.0;
-    MPI_Allreduce(&localwt,&wthi,1,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_MAX,world);
+    MPI_Allreduce(&localwt, &wthi, 1, MPI_DOUBLE, MPI_MAX, world);
     if (wtlo == wthi) return;
 
-    double newhi = wthi*factor;
-    localwt = wtlo + ((localwt-wtlo)/(wthi-wtlo)) * (newhi-wtlo);
+    double newhi = wthi * factor;
+    localwt = wtlo + ((localwt - wtlo) / (wthi - wtlo)) * (newhi - wtlo);
   }
 
   for (int i = 0; i < nlocal; i++) weight[i] *= localwt;
@@ -108,5 +119,5 @@ void ImbalanceNeigh::compute(double *weight)
 
 std::string ImbalanceNeigh::info()
 {
-  return fmt::format("  neighbor weight factor: {}\n",factor);
+  return fmt::format("  neighbor weight factor: {}\n", factor);
 }