diff --git a/src/soca/SaberBlocks/BkgErrFilt/BkgErrFilt.cc b/src/soca/SaberBlocks/BkgErrFilt/BkgErrFilt.cc
index 8ea8d889c..135bdd245 100644
--- a/src/soca/SaberBlocks/BkgErrFilt/BkgErrFilt.cc
+++ b/src/soca/SaberBlocks/BkgErrFilt/BkgErrFilt.cc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ BkgErrFilt::BkgErrFilt(
     const Parameters_ & params,
     const oops::FieldSet3D & xb,
     const oops::FieldSet3D & fg)
-  : saber::SaberOuterBlockBase(params, xb.validTime()),
+  : saber::SaberOuterBlockBase(params, xb.validTime(), outerGeometryData, outerVars),
     innerGeometryData_(outerGeometryData),
     innerVars_(outerVars)
 {
diff --git a/src/soca/SaberBlocks/ParametricOceanStdDev/ParametricOceanStdDev.cc b/src/soca/SaberBlocks/ParametricOceanStdDev/ParametricOceanStdDev.cc
index e6b1198ac..fc0b4f817 100644
--- a/src/soca/SaberBlocks/ParametricOceanStdDev/ParametricOceanStdDev.cc
+++ b/src/soca/SaberBlocks/ParametricOceanStdDev/ParametricOceanStdDev.cc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ParametricOceanStdDev::ParametricOceanStdDev(
     const Parameters_ & params,
     const oops::FieldSet3D & xb,
     const oops::FieldSet3D & fg)
-  : saber::SaberOuterBlockBase(params, xb.validTime()),
+  : saber::SaberOuterBlockBase(params, xb.validTime(), geom, outerVars),
     geom_(geom),
     innerVars_(outerVars)
 {