diff --git a/lib/solver.cpp b/lib/solver.cpp
index 2f9be27701..e7b5e52bd8 100644
--- a/lib/solver.cpp
+++ b/lib/solver.cpp
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ namespace quda {
     memcpy(out.true_res, true_res.data(), true_res.size() * sizeof(double));
     memcpy(out.true_res_hq, true_res_hq.data(), true_res_hq.size() * sizeof(double));
 
-    out.iter = in.iter;
+    out.iter = split_rank == 0 ? in.iter : 0;
     comm_allreduce_int(out.iter);
 
     out.ca_lambda_min = in.ca_lambda_min;
diff --git a/tests/invert_test.cpp b/tests/invert_test.cpp
index edbde2256d..8e400a3f7e 100644
--- a/tests/invert_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/invert_test.cpp
@@ -367,12 +367,7 @@ std::vector<std::array<double, 2>> solve(test_t param)
         inv_param.true_res_hq[j + i] = inv_param.true_res_hq[i];
       }
 
-      quda::comm_allreduce_int(inv_param.iter);
-      inv_param.iter /= quda::comm_size() / num_sub_partition;
-      quda::comm_allreduce_sum(inv_param.gflops);
-      inv_param.gflops /= quda::comm_size() / num_sub_partition;
-      quda::comm_allreduce_max(inv_param.secs);
-      printfQuda("Done: %d sub-partitions - %i iter / %g secs = %g Gflops, %g secs per source\n", num_sub_partition,
+      printfQuda("Done: %d sub-partitions - %i total iter / %g secs = %g Gflops, %g secs per source\n", num_sub_partition,
                  inv_param.iter, inv_param.secs, inv_param.gflops / inv_param.secs, inv_param.secs / Nsrc_tile);
       if (inv_param.energy > 0) {
         printfQuda("Energy = %g J (%g J per source), Mean power = %g W, mean temp = %g C, mean clock = %f\n",
diff --git a/tests/staggered_invert_test.cpp b/tests/staggered_invert_test.cpp
index 77d9cd5a75..a3ea5ef010 100644
--- a/tests/staggered_invert_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/staggered_invert_test.cpp
@@ -421,12 +421,7 @@ std::vector<std::array<double, 2>> solve(test_t param)
         inv_param.true_res_hq[j + i] = inv_param.true_res_hq[i];
       }
 
-      quda::comm_allreduce_int(inv_param.iter);
-      inv_param.iter /= comm_size() / num_sub_partition;
-      quda::comm_allreduce_sum(inv_param.gflops);
-      inv_param.gflops /= comm_size() / num_sub_partition;
-      quda::comm_allreduce_max(inv_param.secs);
-      printfQuda("Done: %d sub-partitions - %i iter / %g secs = %g Gflops, %g secs per source\n", num_sub_partition,
+      printfQuda("Done: %d sub-partitions - %i total iter / %g secs = %g Gflops, %g secs per source\n", num_sub_partition,
                  inv_param.iter, inv_param.secs, inv_param.gflops / inv_param.secs, inv_param.secs / Nsrc_tile);
       if (inv_param.energy > 0) {
         printfQuda("Energy = %g J (%g J per source), Mean power = %g W, mean temp = %g C, mean clock = %f\n\n",