diff --git a/cdn/cdnval.F90 b/cdn/cdnval.F90
index 9938d863c4558f464c79ae5da901890a93f25207..a1ccc5f52332a794583a12cce3226d58fb682da3 100644
--- a/cdn/cdnval.F90
+++ b/cdn/cdnval.F90
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ CONTAINS
                wk,nbands,eig,zMat)
 #ifdef CPP_MPI
           ! Sinchronizes the RMA operations
-          if (l_evp) CALL MPI_BARRIER(mpi%mpi_comm,ie)
+          CALL MPI_BARRIER(mpi%mpi_comm,ie)
 #endif
           !IF (l_evp.AND.(isize.GT.1)) THEN
           !  eig(1:noccbd) = eig(n_start:n_end)