diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/libnbc/nbc_internal.h b/ompi/mca/coll/libnbc/nbc_internal.h
index ec85a58dea..915e4e232a 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/coll/libnbc/nbc_internal.h
+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/libnbc/nbc_internal.h
@@ -483,7 +483,6 @@ static inline int NBC_Type_intrinsic(MPI_Datatype type) {
 /* let's give a try to inline functions */
 static inline int NBC_Copy(const void *src, int srccount, MPI_Datatype srctype, void *tgt, int tgtcount, MPI_Datatype tgttype, MPI_Comm comm) {
   int size, pos, res;
-  OPAL_PTRDIFF_TYPE ext, lb;
   void *packbuf;
 
 #if OPAL_CUDA_SUPPORT
@@ -493,13 +492,10 @@ static inline int NBC_Copy(const void *src, int srccount, MPI_Datatype srctype,
 #endif /* OPAL_CUDA_SUPPORT */
     /* if we have the same types and they are contiguous (intrinsic
      * types are contiguous), we can just use a single memcpy */
-    res = ompi_datatype_get_extent(srctype, &lb, &ext);
-    if (OMPI_SUCCESS != res) {
-      NBC_Error ("MPI Error in MPI_Type_extent() (%i)", res);
-      return res;
-    }
+    ptrdiff_t gap, span;
+    span = opal_datatype_span(&srctype->super, srccount, &gap);
 
-    memcpy(tgt, src, srccount*ext);
+    memcpy(tgt, src, span);
   } else {
     /* we have to pack and unpack */
     res = PMPI_Pack_size(srccount, srctype, comm, &size);
diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/libnbc/nbc_ireduce.c b/ompi/mca/coll/libnbc/nbc_ireduce.c
index 235ac407a9..cf3f18b19e 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/coll/libnbc/nbc_ireduce.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/libnbc/nbc_ireduce.c
@@ -309,6 +309,10 @@ static inline int red_sched_binomial (int rank, int p, int root, const void *sen
   RANK2VRANK(rank, vrank, vroot);
   maxr = (int)ceil((log((double)p)/LOG2));
 
+  if (rank != root) {
+    inplace = 0;
+  }
+
   /* ensure the result ends up in redbuf on vrank 0 */
   if (0 == (maxr%2)) {
     rbuf = (void *)(-gap);