diff --git a/components/mpas-ocean/src/Registry.xml b/components/mpas-ocean/src/Registry.xml
index 2a21e22f40d2..00d926278fbc 100644
--- a/components/mpas-ocean/src/Registry.xml
+++ b/components/mpas-ocean/src/Registry.xml
@@ -2008,6 +2008,7 @@
 			<var name="normalBarotropicVelocity"/>
 			<var name="vertCoordMovementWeights"/>
 			<var name="xtime"/>
+			<var_array name="nonLocalSurfaceTracerFlux"/>
 			<var name="simulationStartTime"/>
 			<var name="landIcePressure"/>
 			<var name="landIceDraft"/>