diff --git a/src/pre_process/m_mpi_proxy.fpp b/src/pre_process/m_mpi_proxy.fpp
index 30ef061689..0a074ba616 100644
--- a/src/pre_process/m_mpi_proxy.fpp
+++ b/src/pre_process/m_mpi_proxy.fpp
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@ contains
                 call MPI_BCAST(patch_bc(i)%${VAR}$, 1, MPI_INTEGER, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
             #:endfor
 
-            #:for VAR in ['vel', 'angular_vel', 'angles']
-                call MPI_BCAST(patch_ib(i)%${VAR}$, 3, mpi_p, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
-            #:endfor
-
             call MPI_BCAST(patch_bc(i)%radius, 1, mpi_p, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
 
             #:for VAR in ['centroid', 'length']
@@ -121,6 +117,9 @@ contains
                 call MPI_BCAST(patch_icpp(i)%Y, size(patch_icpp(i)%Y), mpi_p, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
             end if
             ! Broadcast IB variables
+            #:for VAR in ['vel', 'angular_vel', 'angles']
+                call MPI_BCAST(patch_ib(i)%${VAR}$, 3, mpi_p, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
+            #:endfor
             call MPI_BCAST(patch_ib(i)%geometry, 1, MPI_INTEGER, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
             call MPI_BCAST(patch_ib(i)%model_filepath, len(patch_ib(i)%model_filepath), MPI_CHARACTER, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
             call MPI_BCAST(patch_ib(i)%model_threshold, 1, mpi_p, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr)