diff --git a/src/MANYBODY/pair_tersoff.cpp b/src/MANYBODY/pair_tersoff.cpp
index f21c3bffca..484adc7436 100644
--- a/src/MANYBODY/pair_tersoff.cpp
+++ b/src/MANYBODY/pair_tersoff.cpp
@@ -431,8 +431,7 @@ void PairTersoff::read_file(char *file)
     // transparently convert units for supported conversions
 
     int unit_convert = reader.get_unit_convert();
-    double conversion_factor = utils::get_conversion_factor(utils::ENERGY,
-                                                            unit_convert);
+    double conversion_factor = utils::get_conversion_factor(utils::ENERGY,unit_convert);
     while ((line = reader.next_line(NPARAMS_PER_LINE))) {
       try {
         ValueTokenizer values(line);
diff --git a/src/MISC/pair_list.cpp b/src/MISC/pair_list.cpp
index 54afcacaed..5215cdc7e2 100644
--- a/src/MISC/pair_list.cpp
+++ b/src/MISC/pair_list.cpp
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ void PairList::settings(int narg, char **arg)
   }
   MPI_Bcast(&npairs, 1, MPI_INT, 0, world);
   if (comm->me != 0) memory->create(params,npairs,"pair_list:params");
-  MPI_Bcast(params, npairs*sizeof(list_param), MPI_CHAR, 0, world);
+  MPI_Bcast(params, npairs*sizeof(list_param), MPI_BYTE, 0, world);
 }
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------