diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_util.c b/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_util.c
index 338146d404..68a160214c 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_util.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_util.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
  *                         All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Research Organization for Information Science
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2017 Research Organization for Information Science
  *                         and Technology (RIST). All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@
 #include "ompi/mca/pml/pml.h"
 #include "coll_base_util.h"
 
-int ompi_coll_base_sendrecv_nonzero_actual( void* sendbuf, size_t scount,
-                                             ompi_datatype_t* sdatatype,
-                                             int dest, int stag,
-                                             void* recvbuf, size_t rcount,
-                                             ompi_datatype_t* rdatatype,
-                                             int source, int rtag,
-                                             struct ompi_communicator_t* comm,
-                                             ompi_status_public_t* status )
+int ompi_coll_base_sendrecv_actual( void* sendbuf, size_t scount,
+                                    ompi_datatype_t* sdatatype,
+                                    int dest, int stag,
+                                    void* recvbuf, size_t rcount,
+                                    ompi_datatype_t* rdatatype,
+                                    int source, int rtag,
+                                    struct ompi_communicator_t* comm,
+                                    ompi_status_public_t* status )
 
-{ /* post receive first, then send, then waitall... should be fast (I hope) */
+{ /* post receive first, then send, then wait... should be fast (I hope) */
     int err, line = 0;
     size_t rtypesize, stypesize;
     ompi_request_t *req;
@@ -46,30 +46,21 @@ int ompi_coll_base_sendrecv_nonzero_actual( void* sendbuf, size_t scount,
 
     /* post new irecv */
     ompi_datatype_type_size(rdatatype, &rtypesize);
-    if (0 != rcount && 0 != rtypesize) {
-        err = MCA_PML_CALL(irecv( recvbuf, rcount, rdatatype, source, rtag,
-                                  comm, &req));
-        if (err != MPI_SUCCESS) { line = __LINE__; goto error_handler; }
-    }
+    err = MCA_PML_CALL(irecv( recvbuf, rcount, rdatatype, source, rtag,
+                              comm, &req));
+    if (err != MPI_SUCCESS) { line = __LINE__; goto error_handler; }
 
     /* send data to children */
     ompi_datatype_type_size(sdatatype, &stypesize);
-    if (0 != scount && 0 != stypesize) {
-        err = MCA_PML_CALL(send( sendbuf, scount, sdatatype, dest, stag,
-                                  MCA_PML_BASE_SEND_STANDARD, comm));
-        if (err != MPI_SUCCESS) { line = __LINE__; goto error_handler; }
-    }
+    err = MCA_PML_CALL(send( sendbuf, scount, sdatatype, dest, stag,
+                             MCA_PML_BASE_SEND_STANDARD, comm));
+    if (err != MPI_SUCCESS) { line = __LINE__; goto error_handler; }
 
-    if (0 != rcount && 0 != rtypesize) {
-        err = ompi_request_wait( &req, &rstatus);
-        if (err != MPI_SUCCESS) { line = __LINE__; goto error_handler; }
+    err = ompi_request_wait( &req, &rstatus);
+    if (err != MPI_SUCCESS) { line = __LINE__; goto error_handler; }
 
-        if (MPI_STATUS_IGNORE != status) {
-            *status = rstatus;
-        }
-    } else {
-        if( MPI_STATUS_IGNORE != status )
-            *status = ompi_status_empty;
+    if (MPI_STATUS_IGNORE != status) {
+        *status = rstatus;
     }
 
     return (MPI_SUCCESS);
diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_util.h b/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_util.h
index 12523d337f..9e053deae2 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_util.h
+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_util.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
  *                         All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2014      Research Organization for Information Science
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2017 Research Organization for Information Science
  *                         and Technology (RIST). All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ BEGIN_C_DECLS
  * If one of the communications results in a zero-byte message the
  * communication is ignored, and no message will cross to the peer.
  */
-int ompi_coll_base_sendrecv_nonzero_actual( void* sendbuf, size_t scount,
-                                             ompi_datatype_t* sdatatype,
-                                             int dest, int stag,
-                                             void* recvbuf, size_t rcount,
-                                             ompi_datatype_t* rdatatype,
-                                             int source, int rtag,
-                                             struct ompi_communicator_t* comm,
-                                             ompi_status_public_t* status );
+int ompi_coll_base_sendrecv_actual( void* sendbuf, size_t scount,
+                                    ompi_datatype_t* sdatatype,
+                                    int dest, int stag,
+                                    void* recvbuf, size_t rcount,
+                                    ompi_datatype_t* rdatatype,
+                                    int source, int rtag,
+                                    struct ompi_communicator_t* comm,
+                                    ompi_status_public_t* status );
 
 
 /**
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ ompi_coll_base_sendrecv( void* sendbuf, size_t scount, ompi_datatype_t* sdatatyp
         return (int) ompi_datatype_sndrcv(sendbuf, (int32_t) scount, sdatatype,
                                           recvbuf, (int32_t) rcount, rdatatype);
     }
-    return ompi_coll_base_sendrecv_nonzero_actual (sendbuf, scount, sdatatype,
-                                            dest, stag,
-                                            recvbuf, rcount, rdatatype,
-                                            source, rtag, comm, status);
+    return ompi_coll_base_sendrecv_actual (sendbuf, scount, sdatatype,
+                                           dest, stag,
+                                           recvbuf, rcount, rdatatype,
+                                           source, rtag, comm, status);
 }
 
 END_C_DECLS