diff --git a/src/compute_chunk_atom.cpp b/src/compute_chunk_atom.cpp
index 5b3b4526af..62dcea023d 100644
--- a/src/compute_chunk_atom.cpp
+++ b/src/compute_chunk_atom.cpp
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ void ComputeChunkAtom::init()
   }
 
   if ((idsflag != ONCE && !lockcount) && fixstore) {
-    delete fixstore;
+    modify->delete_fix(id_fix);
     fixstore = NULL;
   }
 }