diff --git a/dune/istl/matrixredistribute.hh b/dune/istl/matrixredistribute.hh
index 4e035968e223acb9fe8f7ce289ffcdd6e8aa00a0..91a35cf683135cff536df4eff6f3abf0c55b0180 100644
--- a/dune/istl/matrixredistribute.hh
+++ b/dune/istl/matrixredistribute.hh
@@ -844,5 +844,22 @@ namespace Dune
     redistributeMatrixEntries(origMatrix, newMatrix, origComm, newComm, ri);
   }
 #endif
+
+template<typename M>
+  void redistributeMatrixEntries(M& origMatrix, M& newMatrix,
+                                 Dune::Amg::SequentialInformation& origComm,
+                                 Dune::Amg::SequentialInformation& newComm,
+                                 RedistributeInformation<Dune::Amg::SequentialInformation>& ri)
+  {
+    DUNE_THROW(InvalidStateException, "Trying to redistribute in sequential program!");
+  }
+  template<typename M>
+  void redistributeMatrix(M& origMatrix, M& newMatrix,
+                          Dune::Amg::SequentialInformation& origComm,
+                          Dune::Amg::SequentialInformation& newComm,
+                          RedistributeInformation<Dune::Amg::SequentialInformation>& ri)
+  {
+    DUNE_THROW(InvalidStateException, "Trying to redistribute in sequential program!");
+  }
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/dune/istl/paamg/hierarchy.hh b/dune/istl/paamg/hierarchy.hh
index 705ac3a1beaac663020c07898d2538df3b967dc5..78bc746928544192a707b096e57c3c6da7705701 100644
--- a/dune/istl/paamg/hierarchy.hh
+++ b/dune/istl/paamg/hierarchy.hh
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ namespace Dune
       typename RedistributeInfoList::iterator riIter = redistributes_.begin();
       Iterator level = matrices_.finest(), coarsest=matrices_.coarsest();
       if(level.isRedistributed()) {
-        info->buildGlobalLookup(info->indexSet().size());
+        info->buildGlobalLookup(level->getmat().N());
         redistributeMatrixEntries(const_cast<Matrix&>(level->getmat()),
                                   const_cast<Matrix&>(level.getRedistributed().getmat()),
                                   *info,info.getRedistributed(), *riIter);
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ namespace Dune
         ++riIter;
         productBuilder.calculate(fine, *(*amap), const_cast<Matrix&>(level->getmat()), *info, copyFlags);
         if(level.isRedistributed()) {
-          info->buildGlobalLookup(info->indexSet().size());
+          info->buildGlobalLookup(level->getmat().N());
           redistributeMatrixEntries(const_cast<Matrix&>(level->getmat()),
                                     const_cast<Matrix&>(level.getRedistributed().getmat()), *info,
                                     info.getRedistributed(), *riIter);