diff --git a/examples/example_lap1.c b/examples/example_lap1.c
index 38b3f90a89df038613d5022cc16e65a2f4522612..89b67cb6540a550433c6d86dac2ba5ffbfcc56d2 100644
--- a/examples/example_lap1.c
+++ b/examples/example_lap1.c
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ spm_example_create_laplacian( spmatrix_t *spm )
     spm->nnz     = nnz;
     spm->dof     = 1;
 
+    /* The full matrix is replicated on all nodes */
+    spm->replicated = 1;
+
     /*
      * Update the computed fields.
      * If dof < 0, please see example_user2.c
diff --git a/examples/example_lap2.c b/examples/example_lap2.c
index d82fa56201c7885c059e0ab81904577c793ec943..5db98f90913635caebac9d01daa66ef510c1ec0b 100644
--- a/examples/example_lap2.c
+++ b/examples/example_lap2.c
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ spm_example_create_laplacian( spmatrix_t *spm )
     spm->rowptr  = rowptr;
     spm->values  = values;
 
+    /* The full matrix is replicated on all nodes */
+    spm->replicated = 1;
+
     /*
      * Update the computed fields.
      */
diff --git a/examples/example_mdof1.c b/examples/example_mdof1.c
index e81177bba027dd6eebced4c12aaf87059ae9f8f5..d6bc18a6714d95590cac2882ec277d8e2b33b89c 100644
--- a/examples/example_mdof1.c
+++ b/examples/example_mdof1.c
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ spm_example_create_laplacian( spmatrix_t *spm )
     spm->nnz    += dim1 * (dim2 - 1) * dim3; /* Connexions along second axe */
     spm->nnz    += dim1 * dim2 * (dim3 - 1); /* Connexions along third axe  */
 
+    /* The full matrix is replicated on all nodes */
+    spm->replicated = 1;
+
     /* Force gN to allocate dof array in spmAlloc() */
     spm->gN  = spm->n;
     spm->dof = -1;
diff --git a/examples/example_mdof2.c b/examples/example_mdof2.c
index 394f48550f154fe9473e2782dc4c8ec9c50c9679..de2ffa94ad7ca6c1b8cbf577d5729966b1f8707f 100644
--- a/examples/example_mdof2.c
+++ b/examples/example_mdof2.c
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ spm_example_create_laplacian( spmatrix_t *spm )
     spm->rowptr  = rowptr;
     spm->values  = values;
 
+    /* The full matrix is replicated on all nodes */
+    spm->replicated = 1;
+
     /*
      * Update the computed fields.
      */