diff --git a/src/USER-INTEL/npair_intel.cpp b/src/USER-INTEL/npair_intel.cpp
index a82d3f29e5..4256e03b3c 100644
--- a/src/USER-INTEL/npair_intel.cpp
+++ b/src/USER-INTEL/npair_intel.cpp
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ void NPairIntel::bin_newton(const int offload, NeighList *list,
             if (THREE) ttag[u] = tag[j];
           }
 
-          if (FULL == 0 || TRI == 1) {
+          if (FULL == 0 && TRI != 1) {
             icount = 0;
             istart = ncount;
             IP_PRE_edge_align(istart, sizeof(int));
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ void NPairIntel::bin_newton(const int offload, NeighList *list,
         // ---------------------- Loop over i bin
 
         int n = 0;
-        if (FULL == 0 || TRI == 1) {
+        if (FULL == 0 && TRI != 1) {
           #if defined(LMP_SIMD_COMPILER)
           #pragma vector aligned
           #pragma ivdep