diff --git a/src/control/cam_history.F90 b/src/control/cam_history.F90
index 51c357e68b..5a0172aded 100644
--- a/src/control/cam_history.F90
+++ b/src/control/cam_history.F90
@@ -5878,8 +5878,8 @@ subroutine addfld_nd(fname, dimnames, avgflag, units, long_name,            &
           write(errormsg, *) "Cannot add ", trim(fname),                      &
                "Subcolumn history output only allowed on physgrid"
           call endrun("ADDFLD: "//errormsg)
-          listentry%field%is_subcol = .true.
         end if
+        listentry%field%is_subcol = .true.
       end if
     end if
     ! Levels