diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/comm_kokkos.cpp b/src/KOKKOS/comm_kokkos.cpp
index 5dc1e5fa4a407d7ce378928bc72383fa84b49527..f38a6c21c91191f9a004c3e86d79a1762bdb68c6 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/comm_kokkos.cpp
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/comm_kokkos.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ CommKokkos::~CommKokkos()
 
 void CommKokkos::init()
 {
+  maxsend = BUFMIN;
+  maxrecv = BUFMIN;
+
   grow_send_kokkos(maxsend+bufextra,0,Host);
   grow_recv_kokkos(maxrecv,Host);