diff --git a/ompi/mca/mtl/mxm/mtl_mxm.c b/ompi/mca/mtl/mxm/mtl_mxm.c
index 26a15526e7..0d1b3378c8 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/mtl/mxm/mtl_mxm.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/mtl/mxm/mtl_mxm.c
@@ -500,12 +500,10 @@ int ompi_mtl_mxm_del_procs(struct mca_mtl_base_module_t *mtl, size_t nprocs,
      * in the way we handle endpoints as objects
      */
     for (i = 0; i < nprocs; ++i) {
-        if (((opal_object_t*)procs[i])->obj_reference_count == 1) {
-            mca_mtl_mxm_endpoint_t *endpoint = (mca_mtl_mxm_endpoint_t*)
-                            procs[i]->proc_endpoints[OMPI_PROC_ENDPOINT_TAG_MTL];
-            mxm_ep_disconnect(endpoint->mxm_conn);
-            OBJ_RELEASE(endpoint);
-        }
+        mca_mtl_mxm_endpoint_t *endpoint = (mca_mtl_mxm_endpoint_t*)
+            procs[i]->proc_endpoints[OMPI_PROC_ENDPOINT_TAG_MTL];
+        mxm_ep_disconnect(endpoint->mxm_conn);
+        OBJ_RELEASE(endpoint);
     }
     return OMPI_SUCCESS;
 }