diff --git a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
index 55810b0e3d7e4f3a41987aacf683a55c2b6eb9d1..08c77365d7dc02b0b859e12fc81b046c16635181 100644
--- a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
+++ b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ def keep_tile(param_s, tile):
 
 def process_cld_prob(param_s, tile):
     k = param_s.index('cloud_probability')
-    grd_k = tile[k, ].flatten().copy()
+    # grd_k = tile[k, ].flatten().copy()
+    grd_k = tile[k,].copy()
     keep = np.invert(np.isnan(grd_k))
     total = np.sum(keep)
     if total == 0: