diff --git a/src/impl/KokkosComm_irecv.hpp b/src/impl/KokkosComm_irecv.hpp
index d55262c2..4e5ffc61 100644
--- a/src/impl/KokkosComm_irecv.hpp
+++ b/src/impl/KokkosComm_irecv.hpp
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ template <KokkosView RecvView>
 void irecv(RecvView &rv, int src, int tag, MPI_Comm comm, MPI_Request &req) {
   Kokkos::Tools::pushRegion("KokkosComm::Impl::irecv");
 
-  using KCT = KokkosComm::Traits<RecvView>;
-
   if (KokkosComm::is_contiguous(rv)) {
     using RecvScalar = typename RecvView::value_type;
     MPI_Irecv(KokkosComm::data_handle(rv), KokkosComm::span(rv), mpi_type_v<RecvScalar>, src, tag, comm, &req);
@@ -44,4 +42,13 @@ void irecv(RecvView &rv, int src, int tag, MPI_Comm comm, MPI_Request &req) {
 
   Kokkos::Tools::popRegion();
 }
+
+template <KokkosView RecvView>
+KokkosComm::Req irecv(RecvView &rv, int src, int tag, MPI_Comm comm) {
+  Kokkos::Tools::pushRegion("KokkosComm::Impl::irecv");
+  KokkosComm::Req req;
+  irecv(rv, src, tag, comm, req.mpi_req());
+  return req;
+}
+
 }  // namespace KokkosComm::Impl
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_isendirecv.cpp b/unit_tests/test_isendirecv.cpp
index d76bf83a..aac549ac 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_isendirecv.cpp
+++ b/unit_tests/test_isendirecv.cpp
@@ -85,10 +85,9 @@ void test_2d(const View2D &a) {
     KokkosComm::Req req = KokkosComm::isend(Kokkos::DefaultExecutionSpace(), a, dst, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
     req.wait();
   } else if (1 == rank) {
-    int src = 0;
-    MPI_Request req;
-    KokkosComm::irecv(a, src, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD, req);
-    MPI_Wait(&req, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE);
+    int src             = 0;
+    KokkosComm::Req req = KokkosComm::irecv(a, src, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+    req.wait();
     int errs;
     Kokkos::parallel_reduce(
         policy, KOKKOS_LAMBDA(int i, int j, int &lsum) { lsum += a(i, j) != Scalar(i * a.extent(0) + j); }, errs);