diff --git a/cicecore/cicedynB/infrastructure/ice_grid.F90 b/cicecore/cicedynB/infrastructure/ice_grid.F90
index 34b37cf29..505b1d539 100644
--- a/cicecore/cicedynB/infrastructure/ice_grid.F90
+++ b/cicecore/cicedynB/infrastructure/ice_grid.F90
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ subroutine makemask
       !-----------------------------------------------------------------
 
       bm = c0
-!     uvm = c0
+      uvm = c0
 
       !$OMP PARALLEL DO PRIVATE(iblk,i,j,ilo,ihi,jlo,jhi,this_block)
       do iblk = 1, nblocks