diff --git a/src/wave_stat.fd/wave_stat.f90 b/src/wave_stat.fd/wave_stat.f90
index fa122de5..e930094f 100644
--- a/src/wave_stat.fd/wave_stat.f90
+++ b/src/wave_stat.fd/wave_stat.f90
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module ens_common
       integer :: ymdc,fhr,nnme,nnsc
       integer :: parcode(3)
       integer :: istop
-      real,allocatable :: dumy1d(:)
+      real(8),allocatable :: dumy1d(:)
 ! Grid
       real    :: rdlon(3),rdlat(3)
       integer :: nlola(2)