diff --git a/opal/mca/mpool/base/mpool_base_alloc.c b/opal/mca/mpool/base/mpool_base_alloc.c
index 95a6ac3a115..8156e55a10f 100644
--- a/opal/mca/mpool/base/mpool_base_alloc.c
+++ b/opal/mca/mpool/base/mpool_base_alloc.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2010-2017 IBM Corporation. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2015      Los Alamos National Security, LLC.  All rights
  *                         reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017      Research Organization for Information Science
+ *                         and Technology (RIST). All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ void *mca_mpool_base_alloc(size_t size, opal_info_t *info, const char *hints)
         mca_mpool_base_tree_item_put (mpool_tree_item);
     } else {
         mpool_tree_item->mpool = mpool;
+        mpool_tree_item->key = mem;
         mca_mpool_base_tree_insert (mpool_tree_item);
     }