diff --git a/src/bvals/comms/boundary_communication.cpp b/src/bvals/comms/boundary_communication.cpp
index e4f42d2d6284..28c063e44e06 100644
--- a/src/bvals/comms/boundary_communication.cpp
+++ b/src/bvals/comms/boundary_communication.cpp
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ TaskStatus ReceiveBoundBufs(std::shared_ptr<MeshData<Real>> &md) {
   bool all_received = true;
   std::for_each(
       std::begin(cache.buf_vec), std::end(cache.buf_vec),
-      [&all_received](auto pbuf) { all_received = pbuf->TryReceive() && all_received; });
+      [&all_received](auto pbuf) { all_received = pbuf->TryReceiveLocal() && all_received; });
 
   int ibound = 0;
   if (Globals::sparse_config.enabled && all_received) {