diff --git a/src/REPLICA/temper.cpp b/src/REPLICA/temper.cpp
index 00ca062ecc..1128f5ff41 100644
--- a/src/REPLICA/temper.cpp
+++ b/src/REPLICA/temper.cpp
@@ -219,7 +219,15 @@ void Temper::command(int narg, char **arg)
 
     timer->init_timeout();
     update->integrate->run(nevery);
-    if (timer->is_timeout()) break;
+    
+    // check for timeout across all procs
+    int my_timeout=0;
+    int any_timeout=0;
+    if (timer->is_timeout()){
+      my_timeout=1;
+    }
+    MPI_Allreduce(&my_timeout, &any_timeout, 1, MPI_INT, MPI_SUM, universe->uworld);
+    if (any_timeout) break;
 
     // compute PE
     // notify compute it will be called at next swap