diff --git a/cesm/driver/ensemble_driver.F90 b/cesm/driver/ensemble_driver.F90
index 5ca17b1b4..8e72a6ae7 100644
--- a/cesm/driver/ensemble_driver.F90
+++ b/cesm/driver/ensemble_driver.F90
@@ -254,12 +254,13 @@ subroutine SetModelServices(ensemble_driver, rc)
     if (chkerr(rc,__LINE__,u_FILE_u)) return
 
     ntasks_per_member = PetCount/number_of_members - pio_asyncio_ntasks
-    if(modulo(PetCount-pio_asyncio_ntasks*number_of_members, number_of_members) .ne. 0) then
-       write (msgstr,'(a,i5,a,i3,a,i3,a)') &
-            "PetCount (",PetCount,") - Async IOtasks (",pio_asyncio_ntasks*number_of_members,") must be evenly divisable by number of members (",number_of_members,")"
-       call ESMF_LogSetError(ESMF_RC_ARG_BAD, msg=msgstr, line=__LINE__, file=__FILE__, rcToReturn=rc)
-       return
-    endif
+!     if(modulo(PetCount-pio_asyncio_ntasks*number_of_members, number_of_members) .ne. 0) then
+!        write (msgstr,'(a,i5,a,i3,a,i3,a)') &
+!             "PetCount (",PetCount,") - Async IOtasks (",pio_asyncio_ntasks*number_of_members, &
+!             ") must be evenly divisable by number of members (",number_of_members,")"
+!        call ESMF_LogSetError(ESMF_RC_ARG_BAD, msg=msgstr, line=__LINE__, file=__FILE__, rcToReturn=rc)
+!        return
+!     endif
 
     !-------------------------------------------
     ! Loop over number of ensemblel members