diff --git a/opal/mca/btl/self/btl_self.c b/opal/mca/btl/self/btl_self.c
index 31cf99efd5..8d3dbc7786 100644
--- a/opal/mca/btl/self/btl_self.c
+++ b/opal/mca/btl/self/btl_self.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Inria.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Los Alamos National Security, LLC. All rights
  *                         reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016      Research Organization for Information Science
+ *                         and Technology (RIST). All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -176,6 +178,7 @@ static struct mca_btl_base_descriptor_t *mca_btl_self_prepare_src (struct mca_bt
         }
 
         *size = max_data;
+        frag->segments[0].seg_len = reserve + max_data;
     } else {
         void *data_ptr;