diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/atom_vec_atomic_kokkos.cpp b/src/KOKKOS/atom_vec_atomic_kokkos.cpp
index e9b3115d16..4b50b9b9fd 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/atom_vec_atomic_kokkos.cpp
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/atom_vec_atomic_kokkos.cpp
@@ -1297,6 +1297,8 @@ void AtomVecAtomicKokkos::data_atom(double *coord, tagint imagetmp,
   h_v(nlocal,1) = 0.0;
   h_v(nlocal,2) = 0.0;
 
+  atomKK->modified(Host,ALL_MASK);
+
   atom->nlocal++;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/atom_vec_charge_kokkos.cpp b/src/KOKKOS/atom_vec_charge_kokkos.cpp
index 34e7bbae93..87e9ac1cf4 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/atom_vec_charge_kokkos.cpp
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/atom_vec_charge_kokkos.cpp
@@ -1383,6 +1383,8 @@ void AtomVecChargeKokkos::data_atom(double *coord, imageint imagetmp,
   h_v(nlocal,1) = 0.0;
   h_v(nlocal,2) = 0.0;
 
+  atomKK->modified(Host,ALL_MASK);
+
   atom->nlocal++;
 }
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------