diff --git a/CHANGES/v2.3.txt b/CHANGES/v2.3.txt
index 6112922aef342f3d783581859aa7ff5a5dde5ee3..2f218a435b5a45849aab79eb5b28412e80aba7b6 100644
--- a/CHANGES/v2.3.txt
+++ b/CHANGES/v2.3.txt
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ See branch \branch{v2.3} on git repository.
   domain not symmetric around zero. See \issue{235} (thanks to Summer Snow for reporting this bug).
 - Fixed numerical issue leading to simulations stuck (LatticeReduction problem) with intel compiler and
   large simulation cells.
+- Fixed a bug affecting \ref LOCAL_AVERAGE and outputting all multicolvars calculated by \ref Q6 with \ref DUMPMULTICOLVAR
 
 For developers:
 - plumedcheck validation has been made stricter. All the checks are now described in the developer manual.
diff --git a/src/multicolvar/LocalAverage.cpp b/src/multicolvar/LocalAverage.cpp
index 1671f06b5a500549d5746c75f584ac051e438f54..92dd58d2ba1fe8a40bc9f46c4f96eac7fb42c7a3 100644
--- a/src/multicolvar/LocalAverage.cpp
+++ b/src/multicolvar/LocalAverage.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ public:
   unsigned getNumberOfQuantities() const ;
 /// Actually do the calculation
   double compute( const unsigned& tindex, AtomValuePack& myatoms ) const ;
+/// We overwrite this in order to have dumpmulticolvar working for local average
+  void normalizeVector( std::vector<double>& vals ) const {}
 /// Is the variable periodic
   bool isPeriodic() { return false; }
 };