diff --git a/src/pair_hybrid.cpp b/src/pair_hybrid.cpp
index 33aa5cf5db..fbef10f0de 100644
--- a/src/pair_hybrid.cpp
+++ b/src/pair_hybrid.cpp
@@ -506,8 +506,7 @@ void PairHybrid::modify_requests()
     if (j < neighbor->nrequest) irq->otherlist = j;
     else {
       int newrequest = neighbor->request(this);
-      neighbor->requests[newrequest]->copy_kind(irq);
-      neighbor->requests[newrequest]->dnum = irq->dnum;
+      neighbor->requests[newrequest]->copy_request(irq);
       irq->otherlist = newrequest;
     }