1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Source/Particles/PhysicalParticleContainer.cpp b/Source/Particles/PhysicalParticleContainer.cpp
index 18a2c9646..1d1d6c1b7 100644
--- a/Source/Particles/PhysicalParticleContainer.cpp
+++ b/Source/Particles/PhysicalParticleContainer.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ PhysicalParticleContainer::PhysicalParticleContainer (AmrCore* amr_core, int isp
     pp.query("do_boosted_frame_diags", do_boosted_frame_diags);
 
     pp.query("do_field_ionization", do_field_ionization);
+#ifdef AMREX_USE_GPU
+    AMREX_ALWAYS_ASSERT_WITH_MESSAGE(
+        do_field_ionization == 0,
+        "Field ionization does not work on GPU so far, because the current "
+        "version of Redistribute in AMReX does not work with runtime parameters");
+#endif
 
     pp.query("plot_species", plot_species);
     int do_user_plot_vars;