diff --git a/mlprec/mld_dmlprec_aply.f90 b/mlprec/mld_dmlprec_aply.f90
index a5ed4018..64fc6685 100644
--- a/mlprec/mld_dmlprec_aply.f90
+++ b/mlprec/mld_dmlprec_aply.f90
@@ -909,14 +909,27 @@ subroutine mld_dmlprec_aply_vect(alpha,p,x,beta,y,desc_data,trans,work,info)
   end if
   level = 1
   do level = 1, nlev
-    nc2l  = p%precv(level)%base_desc%get_local_cols()
-    nr2l  = p%precv(level)%base_desc%get_local_rows()
-    call mlprec_wrk(level)%vx2l%bld(nc2l,mold=x%v)
-    call mlprec_wrk(level)%vy2l%bld(nc2l,mold=x%v)
-!!$      if (p%precv(level)%parms%ml_type == mld_twoside_smooth_) then
-    call mlprec_wrk(level)%vtx%bld(nc2l,mold=x%v)
-    call mlprec_wrk(level)%vty%bld(nc2l,mold=x%v)
-!!$      end if
+    if (.false.) then 
+      nc2l  = p%precv(level)%base_desc%get_local_cols()
+      nr2l  = p%precv(level)%base_desc%get_local_rows()
+      call mlprec_wrk(level)%vx2l%bld(nc2l,mold=x%v)
+      call mlprec_wrk(level)%vy2l%bld(nc2l,mold=x%v)
+      call mlprec_wrk(level)%vtx%bld(nc2l,mold=x%v)
+      call mlprec_wrk(level)%vty%bld(nc2l,mold=x%v)
+    else 
+      call psb_geasb(mlprec_wrk(level)%vx2l,&
+           & p%precv(level)%base_desc,&
+           & info,scratch=.true.,mold=x%v)
+      call psb_geasb(mlprec_wrk(level)%vy2l,&
+           & p%precv(level)%base_desc,&
+           & info,scratch=.true.,mold=x%v)
+      call psb_geasb(mlprec_wrk(level)%vtx,&
+           & p%precv(level)%base_desc,&
+           & info,scratch=.true.,mold=x%v)
+      call psb_geasb(mlprec_wrk(level)%vty,&
+           & p%precv(level)%base_desc,&
+           & info,scratch=.true.,mold=x%v)
+    end if
     if (psb_errstatus_fatal()) then 
       info=psb_err_alloc_request_
       call psb_errpush(info,name,i_err=(/2*nc2l,0,0,0,0/),&
diff --git a/tests/pdegen/runs/ppde.inp b/tests/pdegen/runs/ppde.inp
index 23b8a572..fcd3cc66 100644
--- a/tests/pdegen/runs/ppde.inp
+++ b/tests/pdegen/runs/ppde.inp
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 BICGSTAB                    ! Iterative method: BiCGSTAB BiCG CGS RGMRES BiCGSTABL CG
 CSR                         ! Storage format CSR COO JAD 
-100                         ! IDIM; domain size is idim**3
+080                         ! IDIM; domain size is idim**3
 2                           ! ISTOPC
 0100                        ! ITMAX
-01                          ! ITRACE
+-1                          ! ITRACE
 30                          ! IRST     (restart for RGMRES and BiCGSTABL) 
 1.d-9                       ! EPS
 3L-M-RAS-I-D4               ! Longer descriptive name for preconditioner (up to 20 chars) 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ILU                         ! Subdomain solver DSCALE ILU MILU ILUT UMF SLU
 1.d-5                       ! Threshold T for ILU(T,P) 
 1                           ! Smoother/Jacobi  sweeps 
 BJAC                        ! Smoother type  JACOBI BJAC AS; ignored for non-ML
-2                           ! Number of levels in a multilevel preconditioner
+3                           ! Number of levels in a multilevel preconditioner
 MINENERGY                    ! Kind of aggregation: SMOOTHED, NONSMOOTHED
 DEC                         ! Type of aggregation DEC SYMDEC GLB
 MULT                        ! Type of multilevel correction: ADD MULT