From f1b75c6aa856dbde02bb72e61231fd35497cfbc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Lifflander <jliffla@sandia.gov>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 10:21:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] #1909: Fix startup bug

---
 src/vt/messaging/active.cc | 6 ++++--
 src/vt/messaging/active.h  | 1 +
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/vt/messaging/active.cc b/src/vt/messaging/active.cc
index f0f7785b00..97cf7ed0d5 100644
--- a/src/vt/messaging/active.cc
+++ b/src/vt/messaging/active.cc
@@ -152,13 +152,15 @@ ActiveMessenger::ActiveMessenger()
   };
 }
 
+void ActiveMessenger::initialize() {
+  comm_ = theContext()->getComm();
+}
+
 void ActiveMessenger::startup() {
   auto const this_node = theContext()->getNode();
   bare_handler_dummy_elm_id_for_lb_data_ =
     elm::ElmIDBits::createBareHandler(this_node);
 
-  comm_ = theContext()->getComm();
-
 #if vt_check_enabled(lblite)
   // Hook to collect LB data about objgroups
   thePhase()->registerHookCollective(phase::PhaseHook::DataCollection, [this]{
diff --git a/src/vt/messaging/active.h b/src/vt/messaging/active.h
index 8fd8f7fcae..901803b43d 100644
--- a/src/vt/messaging/active.h
+++ b/src/vt/messaging/active.h
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ struct ActiveMessenger : runtime::component::PollableComponent<ActiveMessenger>
   std::string name() override { return "ActiveMessenger"; }
 
   void startup() override;
+  void initialize() override;
 
   /**
    * \brief Mark a message as a termination message.