diff --git a/src/Vector/vector_dist.hpp b/src/Vector/vector_dist.hpp
index b0af22295206e4c26d2ceb1d3838baa0441921c0..4ddfc2cac16206b04ec639f68a6a656c3ddd079a 100644
--- a/src/Vector/vector_dist.hpp
+++ b/src/Vector/vector_dist.hpp
@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ public:
 		// Ghost padding extension
 		Ghost<dim,size_t> g_ext(0);
 		cell_list.Initialize(cd_sm,pbox,pad);
+		cell_list.set_ndec(getDecomposition().get_ndec());
 
 		updateCellListSym(cell_list);