diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/pair_coul_debye_kokkos.h b/src/KOKKOS/pair_coul_debye_kokkos.h
index 1f6d222e043e0daf2623fce3f5b7e838dcc32430..4aadcbe4e1be88fa980d523b6febdc10b046f01e 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/pair_coul_debye_kokkos.h
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/pair_coul_debye_kokkos.h
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ class PairCoulDebyeKokkos : public PairCoulDebye {
   double init_one(int, int);
 
   struct params_coul{
+    KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
     params_coul(){cutsq=0,scale=0;};
+    KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
     params_coul(int i){cutsq=0,scale=0;};
     F_FLOAT cutsq, scale;
   };