diff --git a/opal/mca/btl/uct/btl_uct_module.c b/opal/mca/btl/uct/btl_uct_module.c
index 6e80bab65f3..9577d615b92 100644
--- a/opal/mca/btl/uct/btl_uct_module.c
+++ b/opal/mca/btl/uct/btl_uct_module.c
@@ -337,7 +337,8 @@ mca_btl_uct_module_t mca_btl_uct_module_template = {
 
         /* set the default flags for this btl. uct provides us with rdma and both
          * fetching and non-fetching atomics (though limited to add and cswap) */
-        .btl_flags = MCA_BTL_FLAGS_RDMA | MCA_BTL_FLAGS_ATOMIC_FOPS | MCA_BTL_FLAGS_ATOMIC_OPS,
+        .btl_flags = MCA_BTL_FLAGS_RDMA | MCA_BTL_FLAGS_ATOMIC_FOPS | MCA_BTL_FLAGS_ATOMIC_OPS
+                     | MCA_BTL_FLAGS_RDMA_REMOTE_COMPLETION,
         .btl_atomic_flags = MCA_BTL_ATOMIC_SUPPORTS_ADD | MCA_BTL_ATOMIC_SUPPORTS_CSWAP
                             | MCA_BTL_ATOMIC_SUPPORTS_SWAP | MCA_BTL_ATOMIC_SUPPORTS_32BIT,
 
diff --git a/opal/mca/btl/uct/btl_uct_tl.c b/opal/mca/btl/uct/btl_uct_tl.c
index 2205508389e..5669e88c061 100644
--- a/opal/mca/btl/uct/btl_uct_tl.c
+++ b/opal/mca/btl/uct/btl_uct_tl.c
@@ -78,11 +78,10 @@ static void mca_btl_uct_module_set_atomic_flags(mca_btl_uct_module_t *module, mc
     uint64_t atomic_flags32 = MCA_BTL_UCT_TL_ATTR(tl, 0).cap.atomic32.fop_flags;
     uint64_t atomic_flags64 = MCA_BTL_UCT_TL_ATTR(tl, 0).cap.atomic64.fop_flags;
 
-    /* NTH: don't really have a way to separate 32-bit and 64-bit right now */
-    uint64_t all_flags = atomic_flags32 & atomic_flags64;
-
-    module->super.btl_atomic_flags = 0;
+    uint64_t all_flags = atomic_flags64 | atomic_flags32;
 
+    module->super.btl_atomic_flags = (0 != atomic_flags32) ? MCA_BTL_ATOMIC_SUPPORTS_32BIT : 0;
+    
     if (cap_flags & UCT_IFACE_FLAG_ATOMIC_CPU) {
         module->super.btl_atomic_flags |= MCA_BTL_ATOMIC_SUPPORTS_GLOB;
     }