diff --git a/modules/util/util.py b/modules/util/util.py
index 378c11cce641339ec48ad451b6374fc7349a260d..6136268b27ad5006c5c785dde31c3f9e0831a59f 100644
--- a/modules/util/util.py
+++ b/modules/util/util.py
@@ -670,10 +670,10 @@ def make_for_full_domain_predict_viirs_clavrx(h5f, name_list=None, res_fac=1):
     lats = get_grid_values(h5f, 'latitude', j_0, i_0, None, num_j=ylen, num_i=xlen, range_name=None)
     lons = get_grid_values(h5f, 'longitude', j_0, i_0, None, num_j=ylen, num_i=xlen, range_name=None)
 
-    ll, cc = np.meshgrid(ll, cc, indexing='ij')
+    ll_2d, cc_2d = np.meshgrid(ll, cc, indexing='ij')
 
-    lats = lats[ll, cc]
-    lons = lons[ll, cc]
+    lats = lats[ll_2d, cc_2d]
+    lons = lons[ll_2d, cc_2d]
 
     return grd_dct, ll, cc, lats, lons