diff --git a/src/mca/ns/proxy/src/ns_proxy.c b/src/mca/ns/proxy/src/ns_proxy.c
index 6337a154d7..6d9639c966 100644
--- a/src/mca/ns/proxy/src/ns_proxy.c
+++ b/src/mca/ns/proxy/src/ns_proxy.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ int orte_ns_proxy_assign_rml_tag(orte_rml_tag_t *tag,
 
     count = 1;
     if ((ORTE_SUCCESS != orte_dps.unpack(answer, &command, &count, ORTE_NS_CMD))
-        || (ORTE_NS_CREATE_CELLID_CMD != command)) {
+        || (ORTE_NS_ASSIGN_OOB_TAG_CMD != command)) {
             OBJ_RELEASE(answer);
             return ORTE_ERR_UNPACK_FAILURE;
     }
diff --git a/src/mca/ns/replica/src/ns_replica.c b/src/mca/ns/replica/src/ns_replica.c
index 35683f2df7..fde822e817 100644
--- a/src/mca/ns/replica/src/ns_replica.c
+++ b/src/mca/ns/replica/src/ns_replica.c
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ int orte_ns_replica_assign_rml_tag(orte_rml_tag_t *tag,
     /* not in list or not provided, so allocate next tag
      * first check to see if one available - else error
      */
-    if (ORTE_RML_TAG_MAX < orte_ns_replica_next_rml_tag) {
+/*     if (ORTE_RML_TAG_MAX < orte_ns_replica_next_rml_tag) { */
+    if (ORTE_RML_TAG_MAX > orte_ns_replica_next_rml_tag) {
         /* okay, one available - assign it */
         tagitem = OBJ_NEW(orte_ns_replica_tagitem_t);
         if (NULL == tagitem) { /* out of memory */