diff --git a/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/modd_io.f90 b/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/modd_io.f90
index c8457cc2d32624a020d122c41cb318faa86a1d4c..d8eab9815d3d9243b4d82f581f5a78539068ed4d 100644
--- a/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/modd_io.f90
+++ b/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/modd_io.f90
@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ TYPE(TFILEDATA),POINTER,SAVE :: TFILE_SURFEX  => NULL() !Pointer used to find th
 TYPE(TFILEDATA),POINTER,SAVE :: TFILE_OUTPUTLISTING  => NULL() !Pointer used to point to the file used when writing to OUTPUT_LISTINGn file
 
 !Non existing file which can be used as a dummy target
+#ifndef MNH_CRAY
+!Compiler crash with Cray CCE 12.0.3, OK with CCE 11.0.2
 TYPE(TFILEDATA),TARGET, SAVE :: TFILE_DUMMY = TFILEDATA(CNAME="dummy",CDIRNAME=NULL(),TFILES_IOZ=NULL())
+#else
+TYPE(TFILEDATA),TARGET, SAVE :: TFILE_DUMMY
+#endif
 
 END MODULE MODD_IO