diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 64b19a230e50..8508ef3b98a5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [2.0.2] - 2020-03-10
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix for handling coarse grids at high-resolution in ExtData
+
 ## [2.0.1] - 2019-03-02
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/MAPL_Base/MAPL_newCFIO.F90 b/MAPL_Base/MAPL_newCFIO.F90
index 5b4c76664897..a28126560527 100644
--- a/MAPL_Base/MAPL_newCFIO.F90
+++ b/MAPL_Base/MAPL_newCFIO.F90
@@ -849,6 +849,9 @@ subroutine request_data_from_file(this,filename,timeindex,rc)
            if (hasDE) then
               call ESMF_FieldGet(input_fields(I),0,farrayPtr=ptr2d,rc=status)
               _VERIFY(status)
+           else
+              allocate(ptr2d(0,0),stat=status)
+              _VERIFY(status)
            end if
            ref=ArrayReference(ptr2d)
            start = [i1, j1, timeIndex] ! (i,j,t)
@@ -864,6 +867,9 @@ subroutine request_data_from_file(this,filename,timeindex,rc)
            if (hasDE) then
               call ESMF_FieldGet(input_fields(I),0,farrayPtr=ptr3d,rc=status)
               _VERIFY(status)
+           else
+              allocate(ptr3d(0,0,0),stat=status)
+              _VERIFY(status)
            end if
            ref=ArrayReference(ptr3d)
            start = [i1, j1, 1, timeIndex] ! (i,j,t)