diff --git a/components/mpas-seaice/src/shared/mpas_seaice_icepack.F b/components/mpas-seaice/src/shared/mpas_seaice_icepack.F
index 24c10c6c03a3..b830abd3aa9f 100644
--- a/components/mpas-seaice/src/shared/mpas_seaice_icepack.F
+++ b/components/mpas-seaice/src/shared/mpas_seaice_icepack.F
@@ -593,8 +593,8 @@ subroutine init_column_waves(domain)
                               waveFreqBinWidth_TEMP)
 
       ! remove frequency 'tails' (which are only needed in WW3, not MPAS-SI)
-      waveFrequency(1:nFrequencies-2) = waveFrequency_TEMP(2:nFrequencies-1) 
-      waveFreqBinWidth(1:nFrequencies-2) = waveFreqBinWidth_TEMP(2:nFrequencies-1) 
+      waveFrequency = waveFrequency_TEMP(2:nFrequencies-1) 
+      waveFreqBinWidth = waveFreqBinWidth_TEMP(2:nFrequencies-1) 
 
       ! initialize HS and Spectra
       if (.not. config_do_restart) then