diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/kokkos_type.h b/src/KOKKOS/kokkos_type.h
index 6d8e8226348d13988216b49664ec39e8d6c628e3..97f63d31bda707237d3b5ce2829500693cac7e0e 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/kokkos_type.h
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/kokkos_type.h
@@ -745,8 +745,8 @@ template<class ViewType>
 void memset_kokkos (ViewType &view) {
   static MemsetZeroFunctor<typename ViewType::execution_space> f;
   f.ptr = view.ptr_on_device();
-  #ifdef KOKKOS_USING_EXPERIMENTAL_VIEW
-  Kokkos::parallel_for(view.memory_span()/4, f);
+  #ifndef KOKKOS_USING_DEPRECATED_VIEW
+  Kokkos::parallel_for(view.span()*sizeof(typename ViewType::value_type)/4, f);
   #else
   Kokkos::parallel_for(view.capacity()*sizeof(typename ViewType::value_type)/4, f);
   #endif