diff --git a/Source/dump.f90 b/Source/dump.f90
index 357c8633883..7f6fb8cc262 100644
--- a/Source/dump.f90
+++ b/Source/dump.f90
@@ -10253,8 +10253,14 @@ SUBROUTINE UPDATE_HRR(DT,NM)
    ENDDO
 ENDDO CFACE_LOOP_2
 
-Q_DOT_SUM = Q_DOT_SUM + DT*Q_DOT
-M_DOT_SUM = M_DOT_SUM + DT*M_DOT
+! Muliply the energy and mass  rates (Q_DOT, M_DOT (W)) for this time step by the time step size, DT.
+! For all the meshes belonging to the current MPI process, keep a running tally of the rates (Q_DOT_SUM, M_DOT_SUM (J)).
+! When it is time for a dump to the CHID_hrr.csv file, sum up (i.e. MPI_ALLREDUCE) Q_DOT_SUM and M_DOT_SUM in main.f90.
+
+IF (NM==UPPER_MESH_INDEX) THEN
+   Q_DOT_SUM = Q_DOT_SUM + DT*Q_DOT
+   M_DOT_SUM = M_DOT_SUM + DT*M_DOT
+ENDIF
 
 END SUBROUTINE UPDATE_HRR
 
diff --git a/Source/main.f90 b/Source/main.f90
index 8b510adbcb3..2ceef62427f 100644
--- a/Source/main.f90
+++ b/Source/main.f90
@@ -4079,9 +4079,14 @@ SUBROUTINE DUMP_GLOBAL_OUTPUTS
 ! Dump out HRR info into CHID_hrr.csv
 
 IF (T>=HRR_CLOCK(HRR_COUNTER(1))) THEN
-   CALL MPI_ALLREDUCE(MPI_IN_PLACE,Q_DOT_SUM,N_Q_DOT,MPI_DOUBLE_PRECISION,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,IERR)
-   CALL MPI_ALLREDUCE(MPI_IN_PLACE,M_DOT_SUM,N_TRACKED_SPECIES,MPI_DOUBLE_PRECISION,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,IERR)
-   IF (MY_RANK==0) CALL DUMP_HRR(T,DT)
+   IF (MY_RANK==0) THEN
+      CALL MPI_REDUCE(MPI_IN_PLACE,Q_DOT_SUM,N_Q_DOT,MPI_DOUBLE_PRECISION,MPI_SUM,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,IERR)
+      CALL MPI_REDUCE(MPI_IN_PLACE,M_DOT_SUM,N_TRACKED_SPECIES,MPI_DOUBLE_PRECISION,MPI_SUM,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,IERR)
+      CALL DUMP_HRR(T,DT)
+   ELSE
+      CALL MPI_REDUCE(Q_DOT_SUM,Q_DOT_SUM,N_Q_DOT,MPI_DOUBLE_PRECISION,MPI_SUM,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,IERR)
+      CALL MPI_REDUCE(M_DOT_SUM,M_DOT_SUM,N_TRACKED_SPECIES,MPI_DOUBLE_PRECISION,MPI_SUM,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,IERR)
+   ENDIF
    HRR_COUNTER(1) = HRR_COUNTER(1) + 1
    Q_DOT_SUM = 0._EB
    M_DOT_SUM = 0._EB