diff --git a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
index faf2004be906373559a5c390995f4f3391ec107f..f8dadf1346fec08aa67f43a35668d5911c76ed25 100644
--- a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
+++ b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ def run(l1b_h5f, l2_h5f, l1b_tiles, l2_tiles, factor=2):
     img_data = np.stack(l2_grd_s)
 
     num_keep_x_tiles = 5
-    i_skip = int(mod_num_x_tiles / num_keep_x_tiles) * mod_tile_width
+    i_skip = 3 * mod_tile_width
     i_start = int(mod_num_pixels / 2) - int((num_keep_x_tiles * 3 * 64) / 2)
 
     num_keep_y_tiles = 16
-    j_skip = int(mod_num_y_tiles / num_keep_y_tiles) * mod_tile_width
+    j_skip = 3 * mod_tile_width
     for j in range(num_keep_y_tiles):
         j_c = j * j_skip
         j_m = j_c