diff --git a/examples/meam/in.meam.shear b/examples/meam/in.meam.shear
index c2aa510a13..d03a2eb186 100644
--- a/examples/meam/in.meam.shear
+++ b/examples/meam/in.meam.shear
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ velocity	upper set 1.0 0 0
 velocity	mobile ramp vx 0.0 1.0 y 1.4 8.6 sum yes
 
 unfix		3
-fix		3 mobile temp/rescale 10 300.0 300.0 10.0 1.0
-fix_modify	3 temp new2d
+fix		3 mobile temp/rescale 10 300.0 300.0 10.0 1.0 partial 0 1 1
 
 dump		1 all atom 100 dump.meam
 thermo		100