diff --git a/src/MOLECULE/angle_table.cpp b/src/MOLECULE/angle_table.cpp
index a8e6254500..8a8841f782 100644
--- a/src/MOLECULE/angle_table.cpp
+++ b/src/MOLECULE/angle_table.cpp
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ void AngleTable::read_restart(FILE *fp)
     fread(&tabstyle,sizeof(int),1,fp);
     fread(&tablength,sizeof(int),1,fp);
   }
-  MPI_Bcast(&tabstyle,1,MPI_DOUBLE,0,world);
+  MPI_Bcast(&tabstyle,1,MPI_INT,0,world);
   MPI_Bcast(&tablength,1,MPI_INT,0,world);
 
   allocate();
diff --git a/src/MOLECULE/bond_table.cpp b/src/MOLECULE/bond_table.cpp
index 04743097e6..a47c3db75a 100644
--- a/src/MOLECULE/bond_table.cpp
+++ b/src/MOLECULE/bond_table.cpp
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ void BondTable::read_restart(FILE *fp)
     fread(&tabstyle,sizeof(int),1,fp);
     fread(&tablength,sizeof(int),1,fp);
   }
-  MPI_Bcast(&tabstyle,1,MPI_DOUBLE,0,world);
+  MPI_Bcast(&tabstyle,1,MPI_INT,0,world);
   MPI_Bcast(&tablength,1,MPI_INT,0,world);
 
   allocate();
diff --git a/src/USER-MISC/dihedral_table.cpp b/src/USER-MISC/dihedral_table.cpp
index 2fc1640413..b493cc68bf 100644
--- a/src/USER-MISC/dihedral_table.cpp
+++ b/src/USER-MISC/dihedral_table.cpp
@@ -641,7 +641,6 @@ void DihedralTable::read_restart(FILE *fp)
     fread(&tablength,sizeof(int),1,fp);
   }
 
-  //MPI_Bcast(&tabstyle,1,MPI_DOUBLE,0,world); <-looks like a bug. Andrew 2012
   MPI_Bcast(&tabstyle,1,MPI_INT,0,world);
   MPI_Bcast(&tablength,1,MPI_INT,0,world);
 
diff --git a/src/pair_table.cpp b/src/pair_table.cpp
index 4d6af49cac..a2465a594a 100644
--- a/src/pair_table.cpp
+++ b/src/pair_table.cpp
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ void PairTable::read_restart_settings(FILE *fp)
     fread(&tabstyle,sizeof(int),1,fp);
     fread(&tablength,sizeof(int),1,fp);
   }
-  MPI_Bcast(&tabstyle,1,MPI_DOUBLE,0,world);
+  MPI_Bcast(&tabstyle,1,MPI_INT,0,world);
   MPI_Bcast(&tablength,1,MPI_INT,0,world);
 }