diff --git a/Grid/util/Init.cc b/Grid/util/Init.cc
index 6992129e..36854d9c 100644
--- a/Grid/util/Init.cc
+++ b/Grid/util/Init.cc
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ void Grid_init(int *argc,char ***argv)
 void Grid_finalize(void)
 {
 #if defined (GRID_COMMS_MPI) || defined (GRID_COMMS_MPI3) || defined (GRID_COMMS_MPIT)
+  MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD);
   MPI_Finalize();
   Grid_unquiesce_nodes();
 #endif