diff --git a/src/mca/bmi/self/bmi_self.c b/src/mca/bmi/self/bmi_self.c
index 0d4ea8d1dc..2123be4683 100644
--- a/src/mca/bmi/self/bmi_self.c
+++ b/src/mca/bmi/self/bmi_self.c
@@ -277,10 +277,18 @@ struct mca_bmi_base_descriptor_t* mca_bmi_self_prepare_dst(
 int mca_bmi_self_send(
     struct mca_bmi_base_module_t* bmi,
     struct mca_bmi_base_endpoint_t* endpoint,
-    struct mca_bmi_base_descriptor_t* descriptor,
+    struct mca_bmi_base_descriptor_t* des,
     mca_bmi_base_tag_t tag)
 {
-    mca_bmi_self_component.self_reg[tag].cbfunc(bmi,tag,descriptor,OMPI_SUCCESS);
+    des->des_dst = des->des_src;
+    des->des_dst_cnt = des->des_src_cnt;
+    des->des_src = NULL;
+    des->des_src_cnt = 0;
+    mca_bmi_self_component.self_reg[tag].cbfunc(bmi,tag,des,OMPI_SUCCESS);
+    des->des_src = des->des_dst;
+    des->des_src_cnt = des->des_dst_cnt;
+    des->des_dst = NULL;
+    des->des_dst_cnt = 0;
     return OMPI_SUCCESS;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mca/bmi/self/configure.params b/src/mca/bmi/self/configure.params
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a57a2ab30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mca/bmi/self/configure.params
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# -*- shell-script -*-
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Trustees of Indiana University.
+#                         All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Trustees of the University of Tennessee.
+#                         All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, 
+#                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
+#                         All rights reserved.
+# $COPYRIGHT$
+# 
+# Additional copyrights may follow
+# 
+# $HEADER$
+#
+
+# Specific to this module
+
+PARAM_INIT_FILE=bmi_self.c
+PARAM_CONFIG_HEADER_FILE="self_config.h"
+PARAM_CONFIG_FILES="Makefile"