diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c92eded..4bf8092 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ arpack-ng - 3.9.0
 [ Robert Schütz ]
  * use CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_<dir> in arpack.pc
 
+[ Franck Houssen ]
+ * arpackmm: restart bug fix.
  -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org> Mon, 07 Dec 2020 11:37:40 +0100
 
 arpack-ng - 3.8.0
diff --git a/EXAMPLES/MATRIX_MARKET/arpackSolver.hpp b/EXAMPLES/MATRIX_MARKET/arpackSolver.hpp
index cec79a6..dac9a08 100644
--- a/EXAMPLES/MATRIX_MARKET/arpackSolver.hpp
+++ b/EXAMPLES/MATRIX_MARKET/arpackSolver.hpp
@@ -659,7 +659,11 @@ class arpackSolver {
       if (restartFromFile) {
         ifstream ifs(fileName.c_str());
         if (ifs.is_open()) {
-          a_int nbCV = 1; if (readNbCV) {ifs >> nbCV; if (nbCV < nbCV) nbCV = nbCV;}
+          a_int nbCV = 1;
+          if (readNbCV) {
+            ifs >> nbCV;
+            if (nbCV < nbDim) nbCV = nbDim; // Cut-off in case previous run used different nbDim.
+          }
           for (a_int n = 0; rv && n < nbDim*nbCV; n++) ifs >> rv[n];
           if (verbose >= 1) {
             cout << endl << "arpackSolver:" << endl;