diff --git a/src/OCTREE/OctreeBitPlus.f90 b/src/OCTREE/OctreeBitPlus.f90
index c37a95e3794ad3652f06d3218fde83464d6de3b5..e2a3574358a2dabc9860b5c6987c2b8aa17fbaf1 100644
--- a/src/OCTREE/OctreeBitPlus.f90
+++ b/src/OCTREE/OctreeBitPlus.f90
@@ -442,6 +442,9 @@ integer noctree,octree(noctree)
 integer loc,ix,iy,iz,nleaves,nleaves0
 integer ioctree_number_of_elements
 
+! Added by dwhipp - 05/11
+nleaves0=0
+
 nleaves=ioctree_number_of_elements (octree,noctree)
 
 do while (nleaves.ne.nleaves0)
@@ -587,6 +590,9 @@ integer noctree,octree(noctree)
 integer loc,ix,iy,iz,nleaves,nleaves0
 integer ioctree_number_of_elements
 
+! Added by dwhipp - 05/11
+nleaves0=0
+
 nleaves=ioctree_number_of_elements (octree,noctree)
 
 do while (nleaves.ne.nleaves0)