diff --git a/runtime/starpu/control/runtime_control.c b/runtime/starpu/control/runtime_control.c
index f032ac5137ed85cfd56617174b0e1089f39102ff..16a55300a414b2a3644a34eef637b2a4188401ef 100644
--- a/runtime/starpu/control/runtime_control.c
+++ b/runtime/starpu/control/runtime_control.c
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ int RUNTIME_init_scheduler( MORSE_context_t *morse, int ncpus, int ncudas, int n
 #if defined(CHAMELEON_USE_MPI)
     {
         int flag = 0;
+#if !defined(CHAMELEON_SIMULATION)
         MPI_Initialized( &flag );
+#endif
         starpu_mpi_init(NULL, NULL, !flag);
         starpu_mpi_comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &(morse->my_mpi_rank));
         starpu_mpi_comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &(morse->mpi_comm_size));