diff --git a/GPy/models/bayesian_gplvm.py b/GPy/models/bayesian_gplvm.py
index 0838b684..d363fb7a 100644
--- a/GPy/models/bayesian_gplvm.py
+++ b/GPy/models/bayesian_gplvm.py
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ class BayesianGPLVM(SparseGP_MPI):
 
     def parameters_changed(self):
         super(BayesianGPLVM,self).parameters_changed()
+        if isinstance(self.inference_method, VarDTC_minibatch):
+            return        
 
         kl_fctr = 1.
         self._log_marginal_likelihood -= kl_fctr*self.variational_prior.KL_divergence(self.X)
@@ -98,9 +100,6 @@ class BayesianGPLVM(SparseGP_MPI):
         self.variational_prior.update_gradients_KL(self.X)
 
 
-        if isinstance(self.inference_method, VarDTC_minibatch):
-            return
-
         #super(BayesianGPLVM, self).parameters_changed()
         #self._log_marginal_likelihood -= self.variational_prior.KL_divergence(self.X)
 
diff --git a/GPy/testing/mpi_tests.py b/GPy/testing/mpi_tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4848a6ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/GPy/testing/mpi_tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2012, GPy authors (see AUTHORS.txt).
+# Licensed under the BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE.txt)
+
+import unittest
+import numpy as np
+import GPy
+
+try:
+    from mpi4py import MPI
+    import subprocess
+
+    class MPITests(unittest.TestCase):
+            
+        def test_BayesianGPLVM_MPI(self):
+            code = """
+import numpy as np
+import GPy
+from mpi4py import MPI
+np.random.seed(123456)
+comm = MPI.COMM_WORLD
+N = 100
+x = np.linspace(-6., 6., N)
+y = np.sin(x) + np.random.randn(N) * 0.05
+data = np.vstack([x,y])
+infr = GPy.inference.latent_function_inference.VarDTC_minibatch(mpi_comm=comm)
+m = GPy.models.BayesianGPLVM(data.T,1,mpi_comm=comm)
+m.optimize(max_iters=10)
+if comm.rank==0:
+    print float(m.objective_function())
+    m.inference_method.mpi_comm=None
+    m.mpi_comm=None
+    m._trigger_params_changed()
+    print float(m.objective_function())
+            """
+            with open('mpi_test__.py','w') as f:
+                f.write(code)
+                f.close()
+            p = subprocess.Popen('mpirun -n 4 python mpi_test__.py',stdout=subprocess.PIPE,shell=True)
+            (stdout, stderr) = p.communicate()
+            L1 =  float(stdout.splitlines()[-2])
+            L2 =  float(stdout.splitlines()[-1])
+            self.assertAlmostEqual(L1, L2)
+            import os
+            os.remove('mpi_test__.py')
+
+except:
+    pass
+
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print "Running unit tests, please be (very) patient..."
+    try:
+        import mpi4py
+        unittest.main()
+    except:
+        pass
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