diff --git a/src/neigh_request.cpp b/src/neigh_request.cpp
index 4a3eb14933254e5f73af22d686da4663c9999767..6354af4d3630546e89f138a8f9d3e331e4f16ee3 100644
--- a/src/neigh_request.cpp
+++ b/src/neigh_request.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ int NeighRequest::identical(NeighRequest *other)
   if (ghost != other->ghost) same = 0;
   if (omp != other->omp) same = 0;
   if (intel != other->intel) same = 0;
+  if (kokkos_host != other->kokkos_host) same = 0;
+  if (kokkos_device != other->kokkos_device) same = 0;
   if (ssa != other->ssa) same = 0;
 
   if (copy != other->copy_original) same = 0;
diff --git a/src/neighbor.cpp b/src/neighbor.cpp
index 59abc29f19f2875cc6da0737768b261699b1d1b7..af59391209468ea4ac6295bba9fbeb31d5c69471 100644
--- a/src/neighbor.cpp
+++ b/src/neighbor.cpp
@@ -909,9 +909,10 @@ void Neighbor::init_pair()
     done = 1;
     for (i = 0; i < npair_perpetual; i++) {
       ptr = NULL;
+      if (lists[plist[i]]->listfull) ptr = lists[plist[i]]->listfull;
       if (lists[plist[i]]->listcopy) ptr = lists[plist[i]]->listcopy;
+      // listskip check must be after listfull check
       if (lists[plist[i]]->listskip) ptr = lists[plist[i]]->listskip;
-      if (lists[plist[i]]->listfull) ptr = lists[plist[i]]->listfull;
       if (ptr == NULL) continue;
       for (m = 0; m < nrequest; m++)
         if (ptr == lists[m]) break;