diff --git a/components/elm/src/biogeochem/CNPBudgetMod.F90 b/components/elm/src/biogeochem/CNPBudgetMod.F90
index c1f4b5d44079..a06e9b512c68 100644
--- a/components/elm/src/biogeochem/CNPBudgetMod.F90
+++ b/components/elm/src/biogeochem/CNPBudgetMod.F90
@@ -1204,8 +1204,7 @@ subroutine CBudget_SetEndingMonthlyStates(bounds, col_cs, grc_cs)
          )
 
       ! Get current and previous dates to determine if a new month started
-      call get_prev_date(year_curr, month_curr, day_curr, sec_curr);
-      call get_prev_date(year_prev, month_prev, day_prev, sec_prev)
+      call get_curr_date(year_curr, month_curr, day_curr, sec_curr);
 
       ! If at the beginning of a simulation, save grid-level TCS based on
       ! 'begcb' from the current time step
@@ -1219,7 +1218,7 @@ subroutine CBudget_SetEndingMonthlyStates(bounds, col_cs, grc_cs)
       ! If multiple steps into a simulation and the last time step was the
       ! end of a month, save grid-level TCS based on 'endcb' from the last
       ! time step
-      if (get_nstep() > 1 .and. day_prev == 1 .and. sec_prev == 0) then
+      if (get_nstep() > 1 .and. day_curr == 1 .and. sec_curr == 0) then
          call c2g( bounds, &
               endcb(bounds%begc:bounds%endc), &
               tcs_month_end_grc(bounds%begg:bounds%endg), &
diff --git a/components/elm/src/data_types/GridcellDataType.F90 b/components/elm/src/data_types/GridcellDataType.F90
index 092cbd4e1378..3b52a7a47af0 100644
--- a/components/elm/src/data_types/GridcellDataType.F90
+++ b/components/elm/src/data_types/GridcellDataType.F90
@@ -647,6 +647,10 @@ subroutine grc_cs_restart(this, bounds, ncid, flag)
          long_name='total carbon storage at the beginning of a month', units='gC/m^2', &
           interpinic_flag='interp', readvar=readvar, data=this%tcs_month_beg)
 
+    call restartvar(ncid=ncid, flag=flag, varname='TCS_MONTH_END', xtype=ncd_double,  &
+         dim1name='gridcell', &
+         long_name='total carbon storage at the end of a month', units='gC/m^2', &
+          interpinic_flag='interp', readvar=readvar, data=this%tcs_month_end)
   end subroutine grc_cs_restart
 
   !------------------------------------------------------------------------