diff --git a/ompi/mpi/c/get_count.c b/ompi/mpi/c/get_count.c
index 7ec456ff7d..9f683da903 100644
--- a/ompi/mpi/c/get_count.c
+++ b/ompi/mpi/c/get_count.c
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ static const char FUNC_NAME[] = "MPI_Get_count";
 
 int MPI_Get_count(MPI_Status *status, MPI_Datatype datatype, int *count) 
 {
-    int size = 0;
-    int rc   = MPI_SUCCESS;
+   int size = 0;
+   int rc   = MPI_SUCCESS;
 
    if (MPI_PARAM_CHECK) {
       OMPI_ERR_INIT_FINALIZE(FUNC_NAME);
-      OMPI_CHECK_DATATYPE_FOR_RECV(rc, datatype, 1);
+      OMPI_CHECK_DATATYPE_FOR_RECV(rc, datatype, count);
 
       OMPI_ERRHANDLER_CHECK(rc, MPI_COMM_WORLD, rc, FUNC_NAME);
    }