diff --git a/src/nwdft/dftgrad/dftg_getxc.F b/src/nwdft/dftgrad/dftg_getxc.F
index 6d71eb892b..b806ca4be6 100644
--- a/src/nwdft/dftgrad/dftg_getxc.F
+++ b/src/nwdft/dftgrad/dftg_getxc.F
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ c
       endif
 c
 c        Compute via direct numerical quadrature.
-         if(.not.grid_written) then
+         if(.not.grid_written.and.(.not.largenode)) then
 c
 c        check if we can get the grid from a file
 c