diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_allgather.c b/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_allgather.c
index d789edd89a..311456399b 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_allgather.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_allgather.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2009      University of Houston. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2013      Los Alamos National Security, LLC. All Rights
  *                         reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Research Organization for Information Science
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Research Organization for Information Science
  *                         and Technology (RIST). All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
@@ -623,6 +623,10 @@ int ompi_coll_base_allgather_intra_two_procs(const void *sbuf, int scount,
     OPAL_OUTPUT((ompi_coll_base_framework.framework_output,
                  "ompi_coll_base_allgather_intra_two_procs rank %d", rank));
 
+    if (2 != ompi_comm_size(comm)) {
+        return MPI_ERR_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION;
+    }
+
     err = ompi_datatype_get_extent (sdtype, &lb, &sext);
     if (MPI_SUCCESS != err) { line = __LINE__; goto err_hndl; }
 
diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_allgatherv.c b/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_allgatherv.c
index 9b5cff2cbe..06719624ef 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_allgatherv.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_allgatherv.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2009      University of Houston. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2013      Los Alamos National Security, LLC. All Rights
  *                         reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2015      Research Organization for Information Science
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Research Organization for Information Science
  *                         and Technology (RIST). All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
@@ -526,6 +526,10 @@ int ompi_coll_base_allgatherv_intra_two_procs(const void *sbuf, int scount,
     OPAL_OUTPUT((ompi_coll_base_framework.framework_output,
                  "ompi_coll_base_allgatherv_intra_two_procs rank %d", rank));
 
+    if (2 != ompi_comm_size(comm)) {
+        return MPI_ERR_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION;
+    }
+
     err = ompi_datatype_get_extent (sdtype, &lb, &sext);
     if (MPI_SUCCESS != err) { line = __LINE__; goto err_hndl; }
 
diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_alltoall.c b/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_alltoall.c
index b4614094ec..c023972a01 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_alltoall.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_alltoall.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  *                         All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2013      Los Alamos National Security, LLC. All Rights
  *                         reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Research Organization for Information Science
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Research Organization for Information Science
  *                         and Technology (RIST). All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
@@ -500,6 +500,10 @@ int ompi_coll_base_alltoall_intra_two_procs(const void *sbuf, int scount,
     OPAL_OUTPUT((ompi_coll_base_framework.framework_output,
                  "ompi_coll_base_alltoall_intra_two_procs rank %d", rank));
 
+    if (2 != ompi_comm_size(comm)) {
+        return MPI_ERR_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION;
+    }
+
     err = ompi_datatype_get_extent (sdtype, &lb, &sext);
     if (err != MPI_SUCCESS) { line = __LINE__; goto err_hndl; }
 
diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_barrier.c b/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_barrier.c
index 11bbf8378d..53e7817abe 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_barrier.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_barrier.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2008      Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2013      Los Alamos National Security, LLC. All Rights
  *                         reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2015      Research Organization for Information Science
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Research Organization for Information Science
  *                         and Technology (RIST). All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
@@ -303,6 +303,11 @@ int ompi_coll_base_barrier_intra_two_procs(struct ompi_communicator_t *comm,
     remote = ompi_comm_rank(comm);
     OPAL_OUTPUT((ompi_coll_base_framework.framework_output,
                  "ompi_coll_base_barrier_intra_two_procs rank %d", remote));
+
+    if (2 != ompi_comm_size(comm)) {
+        return MPI_ERR_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION;
+    }
+
     remote = (remote + 1) & 0x1;
 
     err = ompi_coll_base_sendrecv_zero(remote, MCA_COLL_BASE_TAG_BARRIER,