From dd44b926b8f809e232b8df8a330fddb8e7f69052 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Lindsay <alexander.lindsay@inl.gov>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 11:30:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Clear incoming idx vector to local_variable_indices

---
 src/base/dof_map.C | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/base/dof_map.C b/src/base/dof_map.C
index 1fa179648d7..2e3c5162896 100644
--- a/src/base/dof_map.C
+++ b/src/base/dof_map.C
@@ -1110,6 +1110,8 @@ void DofMap::local_variable_indices(std::vector<dof_id_type> & idx,
                                     const MeshBase & mesh,
                                     unsigned int var_num) const
 {
+  idx.clear();
+
   // Count dofs in the *exact* order that distribute_dofs numbered
   // them, so that we can assume ascending indices and use push_back
   // instead of find+insert.