diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4458f034c4c7..9b6d16ab7f2f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Deprecated
 
+## [2.51.1] - 2024-12-10
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Properly nullified the pointers to the per-grid-cell counters
+
 ## [2.51.0] - 2024-12-06
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cfbafb015abd..b253423a3289 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ endif ()
 
 project (
   MAPL
-  VERSION 2.51.0
+  VERSION 2.51.1
   LANGUAGES Fortran CXX C)  # Note - CXX is required for ESMF
 
 # Set the possible values of build type for cmake-gui
diff --git a/generic/GenericCplComp.F90 b/generic/GenericCplComp.F90
index 953c4e2c781f..f4485057cba7 100644
--- a/generic/GenericCplComp.F90
+++ b/generic/GenericCplComp.F90
@@ -326,6 +326,12 @@ subroutine Initialize(CC, SRC, DST, CLOCK, RC)
     _VERIFY(STATUS)
     allocate(STATE%ARRAY_COUNT (NCPLS), STAT=STATUS)
     _VERIFY(STATUS)
+    DO J = 1, NCPLS
+       NULLIFY(STATE%ARRAY_COUNT(J)%ptr1c)
+       NULLIFY(STATE%ARRAY_COUNT(J)%ptr2c)
+       NULLIFY(STATE%ARRAY_COUNT(J)%ptr3c)
+       NULLIFY(STATE%ARRAY_COUNT(J)%ptr4c)
+    END DO
     allocate(STATE%ACCUM_RANK (NCPLS), STAT=STATUS)
     _VERIFY(STATUS)
     allocate(STATE%couplerType(NCPLS), STAT=STATUS)