diff --git a/main/EDParamsMod.F90 b/main/EDParamsMod.F90
index cc906fecef..db1b755c04 100644
--- a/main/EDParamsMod.F90
+++ b/main/EDParamsMod.F90
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ module EDParamsMod
 
    real(r8), parameter, public :: soil_tfrz_thresh = -2.0_r8 ! Soil temperature threshold below which hydraulic failure mortality is off (non-hydro only) in degrees C
    
-   integer, parameter, public :: nclmax = 2   ! Maximum number of canopy layers (used only for scratch arrays)
+   integer, parameter, public :: nclmax = 3   ! Maximum number of canopy layers allowed
                                               ! We would make this even higher, but making this
                                               ! a little lower keeps the size down on some output arrays
                                               ! For large arrays at patch level we use dynamic allocation