diff --git a/src/atom.cpp b/src/atom.cpp
index 006538bc85..d328f0975f 100644
--- a/src/atom.cpp
+++ b/src/atom.cpp
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ AtomVec *Atom::new_avec(const char *style, int trysuffix, int &sflag)
     }
 
     if (lmp->suffix2) {
-      sflag = 1;
+      sflag = 2;
       char estyle[256];
       sprintf(estyle,"%s/%s",style,lmp->suffix2);
 
diff --git a/src/atom_vec_hybrid.cpp b/src/atom_vec_hybrid.cpp
index 9514145d4c..63e7dd15e8 100644
--- a/src/atom_vec_hybrid.cpp
+++ b/src/atom_vec_hybrid.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void AtomVecHybrid::process_args(int narg, char **arg)
     for (i = 0; i < nstyles; i++)
       if (strcmp(arg[iarg],keywords[i]) == 0)
         error->all(FLERR,"Atom style hybrid cannot use same atom style twice");
-    styles[nstyles] = atom->new_avec(arg[iarg],NULL,dummy);
+    styles[nstyles] = atom->new_avec(arg[iarg],1,dummy);
     keywords[nstyles] = new char[strlen(arg[iarg])+1];
     strcpy(keywords[nstyles],arg[iarg]);
     jarg = iarg + 1;