diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/basic/coll_basic_allgatherv.c b/ompi/mca/coll/basic/coll_basic_allgatherv.c
index 284953b0a9..c3054bbadd 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/coll/basic/coll_basic_allgatherv.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/basic/coll_basic_allgatherv.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  *                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
  *                         All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012      Oak Ridge National Labs.  All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  * 
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -99,12 +100,12 @@ mca_coll_basic_allgatherv_intra(void *sbuf, int scount,
        return err;
     }
 
-    comm->c_coll.coll_bcast( rbuf, 1 ,newtype,0,comm,
-            comm->c_coll.coll_bcast_module);
+    err = comm->c_coll.coll_bcast( rbuf, 1 ,newtype,0,comm,
+                                   comm->c_coll.coll_bcast_module);
 
     ompi_datatype_destroy (&newtype);
 
-    return MPI_SUCCESS;
+    return err;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/basic/coll_basic_alltoallw.c b/ompi/mca/coll/basic/coll_basic_alltoallw.c
index 2b913c8550..95d186b806 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/coll/basic/coll_basic_alltoallw.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/basic/coll_basic_alltoallw.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  *                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
  *                         All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012      Oak Ridge National Labs.  All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  * 
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ mca_coll_basic_alltoallw_intra(void *sbuf, int *scounts, int *sdisps,
 
     /* All done */
 
-    return MPI_SUCCESS;
+    return err;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/basic/coll_basic_barrier.c b/ompi/mca/coll/basic/coll_basic_barrier.c
index 8588fef511..64899c9ef2 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/coll/basic/coll_basic_barrier.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/basic/coll_basic_barrier.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  *                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
  *                         All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012      Oak Ridge National Labs.  All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  * 
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -151,6 +152,9 @@ mca_coll_basic_barrier_intra_log(struct ompi_communicator_t *comm,
         err = MCA_PML_CALL(recv(NULL, 0, MPI_BYTE, peer,
                                 MCA_COLL_BASE_TAG_BARRIER,
                                 comm, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE));
+        if (MPI_SUCCESS != err) {
+            return err;
+        }
     }
 
     /* Send to children. */
diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/basic/coll_basic_reduce_scatter.c b/ompi/mca/coll/basic/coll_basic_reduce_scatter.c
index 2a394a90d2..072ff665bd 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/coll/basic/coll_basic_reduce_scatter.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/basic/coll_basic_reduce_scatter.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
  *                         All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2008      Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012      Oak Ridge National Labs.  All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  * 
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ mca_coll_basic_reduce_scatter_intra(void *sbuf, void *rbuf, int *rcounts,
                 err = MCA_PML_CALL(recv(recv_buf, count, dtype, rank - 1,
                                         MCA_COLL_BASE_TAG_REDUCE_SCATTER,
                                         comm, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE));
+                if (OMPI_SUCCESS != err) goto cleanup;
 
                 /* integrate their results into our temp results */
                 ompi_op_reduce(op, recv_buf, result_buf, count, dtype);