diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/npair_kokkos.cpp b/src/KOKKOS/npair_kokkos.cpp
index cbea210693..5a5bd6eb20 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/npair_kokkos.cpp
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/npair_kokkos.cpp
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ void NPairKokkos<DeviceType,HALF_NEIGH,GHOST,TRI,SIZE>::build(NeighList *list_)
     } else {
       if (newton_pair) {
         if (SIZE) {
-          NPairKokkosBuildFunctorSize<DeviceType,TRI?1:HALF_NEIGH,1,TRI> f(data,atoms_per_bin * 5 * sizeof(X_FLOAT) * factor);
+          NPairKokkosBuildFunctorSize<DeviceType,TRI?0:HALF_NEIGH,1,TRI> f(data,atoms_per_bin * 5 * sizeof(X_FLOAT) * factor);
 #ifdef KOKKOS_ENABLE_CUDA
           if (ExecutionSpaceFromDevice<DeviceType>::space == Device) {
             int team_size = atoms_per_bin*factor;