diff --git a/lib/communicator/Communicator_mpi3.cc b/lib/communicator/Communicator_mpi3.cc
index 46e4745c..e6e33d33 100644
--- a/lib/communicator/Communicator_mpi3.cc
+++ b/lib/communicator/Communicator_mpi3.cc
@@ -621,6 +621,17 @@ void CartesianCommunicator::SendToRecvFromBegin(std::vector<CommsRequest_t> &lis
   }
 }
 
+double CartesianCommunicator::StencilSendToRecvFrom( void *xmit,
+						     int dest,
+						     void *recv,
+						     int from,
+						     int bytes,int dir)
+{
+  std::vector<CommsRequest_t> list;
+  StencilSendToRecvFromBegin(list,xmit,dest,recv,from,bytes,dir);
+  StencilSendToRecvFromComplete(list,dir);
+}
+
 double CartesianCommunicator::StencilSendToRecvFromBegin(std::vector<CommsRequest_t> &list,
 							 void *xmit,
 							 int dest,
diff --git a/lib/communicator/Communicator_mpit.cc b/lib/communicator/Communicator_mpit.cc
index c0fb47fd..9a9b26d2 100644
--- a/lib/communicator/Communicator_mpit.cc
+++ b/lib/communicator/Communicator_mpit.cc
@@ -242,17 +242,12 @@ double CartesianCommunicator::StencilSendToRecvFromBegin(std::vector<CommsReques
 							 int recv_from_rank,
 							 int bytes,int dir)
 {
-  int myrank = _processor;
-  int ierr;
-  assert(dir < communicator_halo.size());
-
-  ierr=MPI_Sendrecv(xmit,bytes,MPI_CHAR,xmit_to_rank,myrank,
-		    recv,bytes,MPI_CHAR,recv_from_rank, recv_from_rank,
-		    communicator_halo[dir],MPI_STATUS_IGNORE);
-  assert(ierr==0);
-  return 2.0*bytes;
+  StencilSendToRecvFrom(xmit,xmit_to_rank,recv,recv_from_rank,bytes,dir);
 }
-
+void CartesianCommunicator::StencilSendToRecvFromComplete(std::vector<CommsRequest_t> &waitall,int dir)
+{ 
+  // Do nothing
+};
 double CartesianCommunicator::StencilSendToRecvFrom(void *xmit,
 						    int xmit_to_rank,
 						    void *recv,
@@ -266,17 +261,11 @@ double CartesianCommunicator::StencilSendToRecvFrom(void *xmit,
   //  std::cout << " sending on communicator "<<dir<<" " <<communicator_halo[dir]<<std::endl;
   // Give the CPU to MPI immediately; can use threads to overlap optionally
   MPI_Request req[2];
-  MPI_Irecv(recv,bytes,MPI_CHAR,recv_from_rank,recv_from_rank,
-	    communicator_halo[dir],&req[1]);
-  MPI_Isend(xmit,bytes,MPI_CHAR,xmit_to_rank,myrank,
-	    communicator_halo[dir], &req[0]);
+  MPI_Irecv(recv,bytes,MPI_CHAR,recv_from_rank,recv_from_rank, communicator_halo[dir],&req[1]);
+  MPI_Isend(xmit,bytes,MPI_CHAR,xmit_to_rank,myrank,          communicator_halo[dir], &req[0]);
   MPI_Waitall(2, req, MPI_STATUSES_IGNORE);
   return 2.0*bytes;
 }
-void CartesianCommunicator::StencilSendToRecvFromComplete(std::vector<CommsRequest_t> &waitall,int dir)
-{ 
-  // Do nothing
-};