diff --git a/src/parcsr_mv/communicationT.c b/src/parcsr_mv/communicationT.c
index f9436d88a..005496c14 100644
--- a/src/parcsr_mv/communicationT.c
+++ b/src/parcsr_mv/communicationT.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ hypre_MatTCommPkgCreate_core (
                            }
                         }
             */
-            for ( kc = row_starts[my_id]; kc < row_starts[my_id + 1]; kc++ )
+            for ( kc = row_starts[0]; kc < row_starts[1]; kc++ )
             {
                if ( kc == col && i != my_id )
                {
diff --git a/src/parcsr_mv/par_csr_aat.c b/src/parcsr_mv/par_csr_aat.c
index 3375a535f..f7b92137a 100644
--- a/src/parcsr_mv/par_csr_aat.c
+++ b/src/parcsr_mv/par_csr_aat.c
@@ -389,11 +389,6 @@ hypre_ParCSRAAt(hypre_ParCSRMatrix  *A)
    n_rows_A = hypre_ParCSRMatrixGlobalNumRows(A);
    n_cols_A = hypre_ParCSRMatrixGlobalNumCols(A);
 
-   if (n_cols_A != n_rows_A)
-   {
-      hypre_error_w_msg(HYPRE_ERROR_GENERIC, " Error! Incompatible matrix dimensions!\n");
-      return NULL;
-   }
    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     *  Extract A_ext, i.e. portion of A that is stored on neighbor procs
     *  and needed locally for A^T in the matrix matrix product A*A^T
@@ -405,7 +400,7 @@ hypre_ParCSRAAt(hypre_ParCSRMatrix  *A)
        * If there exists no CommPkg for A, a CommPkg is generated using
        * equally load balanced partitionings
        *--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-      if (!hypre_ParCSRMatrixCommPkg(A))
+      if (!hypre_ParCSRMatrixCommPkgT(A))
       {
          hypre_MatTCommPkgCreate(A);
       }