diff --git a/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/greedylb/greedylb.cc b/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/greedylb/greedylb.cc
index 7fc5c3579b..c9394ff48c 100644
--- a/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/greedylb/greedylb.cc
+++ b/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/greedylb/greedylb.cc
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ void GreedyLB::transferObjs(std::vector<GreedyProc>&& in_load) {
 #define BROADCAST 1
 
 #if SCATTER
-  std::size_t max_recs = 0, max_bytes = 0;
+  std::size_t max_recs = 1, max_bytes = 0;
 #endif
   std::vector<GreedyProc> load(std::move(in_load));
   std::vector<std::vector<GreedyLBTypes::ObjIDType>> node_transfer(load.size());