diff --git a/istl/paamg/transfer.hh b/istl/paamg/transfer.hh
index bccd59ac5f357942f7888dce2256d4f91834d1ab..c4ca791240dfbb7190cd58d09e8eeb73fa22361d 100644
--- a/istl/paamg/transfer.hh
+++ b/istl/paamg/transfer.hh
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ namespace Dune
                                                                                             OwnerOverlapCopyCommunication<T1,T2>& comm)
     {
       Transfer<V,BlockVector<B>,SequentialInformation>::restrict (aggregates, coarse, fine, SequentialInformation());
-      comm.copyOwnerToAll(coarse, coarse);
+      comm.project(coarse);
     }
     /** @} */
   }    // namspace Amg