diff --git a/src/INTERLAYER/pair_kolmogorov_crespi_z.cpp b/src/INTERLAYER/pair_kolmogorov_crespi_z.cpp
index 70672ac670..d172d4e9bf 100644
--- a/src/INTERLAYER/pair_kolmogorov_crespi_z.cpp
+++ b/src/INTERLAYER/pair_kolmogorov_crespi_z.cpp
@@ -339,16 +339,15 @@ void PairKolmogorovCrespiZ::read_file(char *filename)
       nparams++;
       if (nparams >= pow(atom->ntypes, 3)) break;
     }
-
-    MPI_Bcast(&nparams, 1, MPI_INT, 0, world);
-    MPI_Bcast(&maxparam, 1, MPI_INT, 0, world);
-
-    if (comm->me != 0) {
-      params = (Param *) memory->srealloc(params, maxparam * sizeof(Param), "pair:params");
-    }
-
-    MPI_Bcast(params, maxparam * sizeof(Param), MPI_BYTE, 0, world);
   }
+  MPI_Bcast(&nparams, 1, MPI_INT, 0, world);
+  MPI_Bcast(&maxparam, 1, MPI_INT, 0, world);
+
+  if (comm->me != 0) {
+    params = (Param *) memory->srealloc(params, maxparam * sizeof(Param), "pair:params");
+  }
+
+  MPI_Bcast(params, maxparam * sizeof(Param), MPI_BYTE, 0, world);
 
   memory->destroy(elem2param);
   memory->create(elem2param, nelements, nelements, "pair:elem2param");
diff --git a/src/INTERLAYER/pair_lebedeva_z.cpp b/src/INTERLAYER/pair_lebedeva_z.cpp
index d78c4bfbbc..76f56e402c 100644
--- a/src/INTERLAYER/pair_lebedeva_z.cpp
+++ b/src/INTERLAYER/pair_lebedeva_z.cpp
@@ -336,17 +336,17 @@ void PairLebedevaZ::read_file(char *filename)
       nparams++;
       if (nparams >= pow(atom->ntypes,3)) break;
     }
-
-    MPI_Bcast(&nparams, 1, MPI_INT, 0, world);
-    MPI_Bcast(&maxparam, 1, MPI_INT, 0, world);
-
-    if (comm->me != 0) {
-      params = (Param *) memory->srealloc(params,maxparam*sizeof(Param), "pair:params");
-    }
-
-    MPI_Bcast(params, maxparam*sizeof(Param), MPI_BYTE, 0, world);
   }
 
+  MPI_Bcast(&nparams, 1, MPI_INT, 0, world);
+  MPI_Bcast(&maxparam, 1, MPI_INT, 0, world);
+
+  if (comm->me != 0) {
+    params = (Param *) memory->srealloc(params,maxparam*sizeof(Param), "pair:params");
+  }
+
+  MPI_Bcast(params, maxparam*sizeof(Param), MPI_BYTE, 0, world);
+
   memory->destroy(elem2param);
   memory->create(elem2param,nelements,nelements,"pair:elem2param");
   for (int i = 0; i < nelements; i++) {