diff --git a/src/atlas/functionspace/detail/StructuredColumns.cc b/src/atlas/functionspace/detail/StructuredColumns.cc
index 54b215feb..6c309b032 100644
--- a/src/atlas/functionspace/detail/StructuredColumns.cc
+++ b/src/atlas/functionspace/detail/StructuredColumns.cc
@@ -830,20 +830,20 @@ void dispatch_adjointHaloExchange(Field& field, const parallel::HaloExchange& ha
                                   const StructuredColumns& fs) {
     FixupHaloForVectors<RANK> fixup_halos(fs);
     if (field.datatype() == array::DataType::kind<int>()) {
-        halo_exchange.template execute_adjoint<int, RANK>(field.array(), false);
         fixup_halos.template apply<int>(field);
+        halo_exchange.template execute_adjoint<int, RANK>(field.array(), false);
     }
     else if (field.datatype() == array::DataType::kind<long>()) {
-        halo_exchange.template execute_adjoint<long, RANK>(field.array(), false);
         fixup_halos.template apply<long>(field);
+        halo_exchange.template execute_adjoint<long, RANK>(field.array(), false);
     }
     else if (field.datatype() == array::DataType::kind<float>()) {
-        halo_exchange.template execute_adjoint<float, RANK>(field.array(), false);
         fixup_halos.template apply<float>(field);
+        halo_exchange.template execute_adjoint<float, RANK>(field.array(), false);
     }
     else if (field.datatype() == array::DataType::kind<double>()) {
-        halo_exchange.template execute_adjoint<double, RANK>(field.array(), false);
         fixup_halos.template apply<double>(field);
+        halo_exchange.template execute_adjoint<double, RANK>(field.array(), false);
     }
     else {
         throw_Exception("datatype not supported", Here());
diff --git a/src/tests/interpolation/test_interpolation_spherical_vector.cc b/src/tests/interpolation/test_interpolation_spherical_vector.cc
index 16dbdabf9..fe48b47dd 100644
--- a/src/tests/interpolation/test_interpolation_spherical_vector.cc
+++ b/src/tests/interpolation/test_interpolation_spherical_vector.cc
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ void testInterpolation(const Config& config) {
   auto sourceAdjointView = array::make_view<double, Rank>(sourceAdjoint);
   sourceAdjointView.assign(0.);
 
-  sourceAdjoint.set_dirty(false);
   interp.execute_adjoint(sourceAdjoint, targetAdjoint);
 
   // Check fields for nans or +/-inf