Index: pml_ob1_comm.c
===================================================================
--- pml_ob1_comm.c	(revision 25195)
+++ pml_ob1_comm.c	(working copy)
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     OBJ_CONSTRUCT(&comm->matching_lock, opal_mutex_t);
     comm->recv_sequence = 0;
     comm->procs = NULL;
+    comm->last_probed = 0;
     comm->num_procs = 0;
 }
 
Index: pml_ob1_comm.h
===================================================================
--- pml_ob1_comm.h	(revision 25195)
+++ pml_ob1_comm.h	(working copy)
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     opal_list_t wild_receives;    /**< queue of unmatched wild (source process not specified) receives */
     mca_pml_ob1_comm_proc_t* procs;
     size_t num_procs;
+    size_t last_probed;
 };
 typedef struct mca_pml_comm_t mca_pml_ob1_comm_t;
 
Index: pml_ob1_recvreq.c
===================================================================
--- pml_ob1_recvreq.c	(revision 25195)
+++ pml_ob1_recvreq.c	(working copy)
@@ -900,19 +900,34 @@
      * There is an outer loop over lists of messages from each
      * process, then an inner loop over the messages from the
      * process.
+     *
+     * In order to avoid starvation do this in a round-robin fashion.
      */
-    for (i = 0; i < proc_count; i++) {
+    for (i = comm->last_probed + 1; i < comm->num_procs; i++) {
         mca_pml_ob1_recv_frag_t* frag;
 
         /* loop over messages from the current proc */
         if((frag = recv_req_match_specific_proc(req, &proc[i]))) {
             *p = &proc[i];
+            comm->last_probed = i;
             req->req_recv.req_base.req_proc = proc[i].ompi_proc;
             prepare_recv_req_converter(req);
             return frag; /* match found */
         }
     }
+    for (i = 0; i < comm->last_probed; i++) {
+        mca_pml_ob1_recv_frag_t* frag;
 
+        /* loop over messages from the current proc */
+        if((frag = recv_req_match_specific_proc(req, &proc[i]))) {
+            *p = &proc[i];
+            comm->last_probed = i;
+            req->req_recv.req_base.req_proc = proc[i].ompi_proc;
+            prepare_recv_req_converter(req);
+            return frag; /* match found */
+        }
+    }
+
     *p = NULL;
     return NULL;
 }