diff --git a/orte/mca/oob/base/oob_base_send.c b/orte/mca/oob/base/oob_base_send.c
index 9db95518f6..00bfb844be 100644
--- a/orte/mca/oob/base/oob_base_send.c
+++ b/orte/mca/oob/base/oob_base_send.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ int mca_oob_send_packed (orte_process_name_t* peer, orte_buffer_t* buffer, int t
     if(rc != ORTE_SUCCESS) {
         return rc;
     }
+    orte_dps.load(buffer, dataptr, datalen);
 
     msg[0].iov_base = dataptr;
     msg[0].iov_len  = datalen;
diff --git a/orte/mca/oob/base/oob_base_send_nb.c b/orte/mca/oob/base/oob_base_send_nb.c
index 76df30a7f6..4c91ee749b 100644
--- a/orte/mca/oob/base/oob_base_send_nb.c
+++ b/orte/mca/oob/base/oob_base_send_nb.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ int mca_oob_send_packed_nb(
     if (rc != ORTE_SUCCESS) {
         return rc;
     }
+    orte_dps.load(buffer, dataptr, datalen);
 
     /* allocate a struct to pass into callback */
     if(NULL == (oob_cbdata = malloc(sizeof(mca_oob_send_cbdata_t)))) {