diff --git a/src/atom_vec_hybrid.cpp b/src/atom_vec_hybrid.cpp
index 22618a9553..ef5808adb3 100644
--- a/src/atom_vec_hybrid.cpp
+++ b/src/atom_vec_hybrid.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ AtomVecHybrid::~AtomVecHybrid()
   delete [] keywords;
 }
 
+/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+void AtomVecHybrid::init()
+{
+  AtomVec::init();
+  for (int k = 0; k < nstyles; k++) styles[k]->init();
+}
+
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    grow atom arrays
    n = 0 grows arrays by DELTA
diff --git a/src/atom_vec_hybrid.h b/src/atom_vec_hybrid.h
index ac0e1c178e..20114856eb 100644
--- a/src/atom_vec_hybrid.h
+++ b/src/atom_vec_hybrid.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class AtomVecHybrid : public AtomVec {
 
   AtomVecHybrid(class LAMMPS *, int, char **);
   ~AtomVecHybrid();
+  void init();
   void grow(int);
   void grow_reset();
   void copy(int, int);