diff --git a/components/clm/src/ED/biogeochem/EDCohortDynamicsMod.F90 b/components/clm/src/ED/biogeochem/EDCohortDynamicsMod.F90
index 63f7ef845f..012926ab09 100755
--- a/components/clm/src/ED/biogeochem/EDCohortDynamicsMod.F90
+++ b/components/clm/src/ED/biogeochem/EDCohortDynamicsMod.F90
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ subroutine allocate_live_biomass(cc_p,mode)
        end if
 
        currentcohort%bl  = 0.0_r8
-       currentcohort%br  = new_bl
+       currentcohort%br  = new_br
        currentcohort%bsw = new_bsw
 
     endif