diff --git a/src/cell.c b/src/cell.c
index 53e57164463634502bd9ad70fb0ecb5cf6b0ade8..2cd35f2ec61a60665be197b0d0529065d86f9aea 100644
--- a/src/cell.c
+++ b/src/cell.c
@@ -3161,7 +3161,7 @@ void cell_set_super_mapper(void *map_data, int num_elements, void *extra_data) {
 
     /* All top-level cells get an MPI tag. */
 #ifdef WITH_MPI
-    if (c->mpi.sendto) cell_ensure_tagged(c);
+    cell_ensure_tagged(c);
 #endif
 
     /* Super-pointer for hydro */