diff --git a/packages/seacas/applications/ejoin/EJoin.C b/packages/seacas/applications/ejoin/EJoin.C
index 8beb65e965..e21872a268 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/applications/ejoin/EJoin.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/applications/ejoin/EJoin.C
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ namespace {
 
   void transfer_nodesets(Ioss::Region &region, Ioss::Region &output_region, bool debug)
   {
-    bool               combine_similar = true;
+    bool               combine_similar = false;
     const std::string &prefix          = region.name();
 
     const Ioss::NodeSetContainer &nss = region.get_nodesets();