diff --git a/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_sendreq.c b/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_sendreq.c
index c8d4650f42..31549bc0cc 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_sendreq.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_sendreq.c
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ int mca_pml_ob1_send_request_put_frag( mca_pml_ob1_rdma_frag_t* frag )
     des->des_cbdata = frag;
 
     PERUSE_TRACE_COMM_OMPI_EVENT( PERUSE_COMM_REQ_XFER_CONTINUE,
-                                  &(sendreq->req_send.req_base), save_size, PERUSE_SEND );
+                                  &(((mca_pml_ob1_send_request_t*)frag->rdma_req)->req_send.req_base), save_size, PERUSE_SEND );
 
     if(OMPI_SUCCESS != (rc = mca_bml_base_put(bml_btl, des))) {
         mca_bml_base_free(bml_btl, des);