diff --git a/Src/Particle/AMReX_ParticleUtil.H b/Src/Particle/AMReX_ParticleUtil.H
index 6b31db7e99..b09f1d3583 100644
--- a/Src/Particle/AMReX_ParticleUtil.H
+++ b/Src/Particle/AMReX_ParticleUtil.H
@@ -356,17 +356,54 @@ struct GetParticleBin
     }
 };
 
+/**
+ * \brief Returns the cell index for a given particle using the
+ * provided lower bounds and cell sizes.
+ *
+ * This version indexes cells starting from 0 at the lower left corner of
+ * the provided lower bounds, i.e., it returns a local index.
+ *
+ * \tparam P a type of AMReX particle.
+ *
+ * \param p the particle for which the cell index is calculated
+ * \param plo the low end of the domain
+ * \param dxi cell sizes in each dimension
+ */
 template <typename P>
 AMREX_GPU_HOST_DEVICE AMREX_FORCE_INLINE
 IntVect getParticleCell (P const& p,
                          amrex::GpuArray<amrex::Real,AMREX_SPACEDIM> const& plo,
-                         amrex::GpuArray<amrex::Real,AMREX_SPACEDIM> const& dxi,
-                         const Box& domain) noexcept
+                         amrex::GpuArray<amrex::Real,AMREX_SPACEDIM> const& dxi) noexcept
 {
     IntVect iv(
         AMREX_D_DECL(int(amrex::Math::floor((p.pos(0)-plo[0])*dxi[0])),
                      int(amrex::Math::floor((p.pos(1)-plo[1])*dxi[1])),
                      int(amrex::Math::floor((p.pos(2)-plo[2])*dxi[2]))));
+    return iv;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Returns the cell index for a given particle using the
+ * provided lower bounds, cell sizes and global domain offset.
+ *
+ * This version indexes cells starting from 0 at the lower left corner of
+ * the simulation geometry, i.e., it returns a global index.
+ *
+ * \tparam P a type of AMReX particle.
+ *
+ * \param p the particle for which the cell index is calculated
+ * \param plo the low end of the domain
+ * \param dxi cell sizes in each dimension
+ * \param domain AMReX box in which the given particle resides
+ */
+template <typename P>
+AMREX_GPU_HOST_DEVICE AMREX_FORCE_INLINE
+IntVect getParticleCell (P const& p,
+                         amrex::GpuArray<amrex::Real,AMREX_SPACEDIM> const& plo,
+                         amrex::GpuArray<amrex::Real,AMREX_SPACEDIM> const& dxi,
+                         const Box& domain) noexcept
+{
+    IntVect iv = getParticleCell(p, plo, dxi);
     iv += domain.smallEnd();
     return iv;
 }