diff --git a/test/test_pte.cpp b/test/test_pte.cpp
index 13656a2f4b..52956a1416 100644
--- a/test/test_pte.cpp
+++ b/test/test_pte.cpp
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     EOSAccessor eos(eos_v);
 
     // scratch required for PTE solver
-    auto nscratch_vars =
-        std::max(PTESolverRhoTRequiredScratch(NMAT), PTESolverPTRequiredScratch(NMAT));
+    auto nscratch_vars_rt = PTESolverRhoTRequiredScratch(NMAT);
+    auto nscratch_vars_pt = PTESolverPTRequiredScratch(NMAT);
 
     // state vars
 #ifdef PORTABILITY_STRATEGY_KOKKOS
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     RView sie_v("sie", NPTS);
     RView temp_v("temp", NPTS);
     RView press_v("press", NPTS);
-    RView scratch_v("scratch", NTRIAL * nscratch_vars);
+    RView scratch_v_rt("scratch", NTRIAL * nscratch_vars_rt);
+    RView scratch_v_pt("scratch", NTRIAL * nscratch_vars_pt);
     Kokkos::View<int *, atomic_view> hist_d("histogram", HIST_SIZE);
     auto rho_vh = Kokkos::create_mirror_view(rho_v);
     auto vfrac_vh = Kokkos::create_mirror_view(vfrac_v);
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     DataBox sie_d(sie_v.data(), NTRIAL, NMAT);
     DataBox temp_d(temp_v.data(), NTRIAL, NMAT);
     DataBox press_d(press_v.data(), NTRIAL, NMAT);
-    DataBox scratch_d(scratch_v.data(), NTRIAL * nscratch_vars);
+    DataBox scratch_d_rt(scratch_v.data(), NTRIAL * nscratch_vars_rt);
+    DataBox scratch_d_pt(scratch_v.data(), NTRIAL * nscratch_vars_pt);
     DataBox rho_hm(rho_vh.data(), NTRIAL, NMAT);
     DataBox vfrac_hm(vfrac_vh.data(), NTRIAL, NMAT);
     DataBox sie_hm(sie_vh.data(), NTRIAL, NMAT);
@@ -172,10 +174,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
           const Real Tguess =
               ApproxTemperatureFromRhoMatU(NMAT, eos, rho_tot * sie_tot, rho, vfrac);
 
+          Real *scratch_rt = &scratch_d_rt(t * nscratch_vars_rt);
+          Real *scratch_pt = &scratch_d_pt(t * nscratch_vars_pt);
+
           auto method =
               PTESolverRhoT<EOSAccessor, Indexer2D<decltype(rho_d)>, decltype(lambda)>(
                   NMAT, eos, 1.0, sie_tot, rho, vfrac, sie, temp, press, lambda,
-                  &scratch_d(t * nscratch_vars), Tguess);
+                  scratch_rt, Tguess);
           auto status = PTESolver(method);
 
           if (status.converged) {
@@ -186,7 +191,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
           auto method2 =
               PTESolverPT<EOSAccessor, Indexer2D<decltype(rho_d)>, decltype(lambda)>(
                   NMAT, eos, 1.0, sie_tot, rho, vfrac, sie, temp, press, lambda,
-                  &scratch_d(t * nscratch_vars), Tguess);
+                  scratch_pt, Tguess);
           status = PTESolver(method2);
 
           if (status.converged) {