diff --git a/src/MNH/rain_ice_red.f90 b/src/MNH/rain_ice_red.f90
index 39cf807e9207cfcbd9f7efe00a461cf18cf86b78..f82d14821a0efb775330e1e6494c47869c483e0e 100644
--- a/src/MNH/rain_ice_red.f90
+++ b/src/MNH/rain_ice_red.f90
@@ -1615,7 +1615,8 @@ END IF
 IF (KRR==7) THEN
 !PW: probably not working (see ELSE branch)
     CALL PRINT_MSG(NVERB_WARNING,'GEN','RAIN_ICE_RED','OpenACC: KRR=7 not yet tested')
-!$acc kernels
+!PW:BUG: CCE 13.0.0 crash if kernels region is enabled here
+!acc kernels
   IDX = 0
   DO JK=1,SIZE(ODMICRO,3)
     DO JJ=1,SIZE(ODMICRO,2)
@@ -1641,7 +1642,7 @@ IF (KRR==7) THEN
       END DO
     END DO
   END DO
-!$acc end kernels
+!acc end kernels
 ELSE
 
 !PW: BUG: this should work...