diff --git a/src/OCE/LBC/mppini.F90 b/src/OCE/LBC/mppini.F90
index 22bc6beb51123c49b730b0b52e0eb8fab42cc6e0..e5cd21c354c4e766e2e79045f80c25ffeda116bb 100644
--- a/src/OCE/LBC/mppini.F90
+++ b/src/OCE/LBC/mppini.F90
@@ -855,6 +855,7 @@ CONTAINS
          IF(lwp) THEN
             WRITE(numout,*)
             WRITE(numout,*)  '  -----------------------------------------------------------'
+            CALL FLUSH(numout)
          ENDIF
          CALL mppsync
          CALL mppstop( ld_abort = .TRUE. )
diff --git a/src/OCE/SBC/sbcrnf.F90 b/src/OCE/SBC/sbcrnf.F90
index 753bc673c8b87eed4900c2ed04ff963cd1407c65..1a2d0df69f28095d5f12e630d145831bfbf3fe81 100644
--- a/src/OCE/SBC/sbcrnf.F90
+++ b/src/OCE/SBC/sbcrnf.F90
@@ -362,9 +362,9 @@ CONTAINS
          IF( .NOT. sn_dep_rnf%ln_clim ) THEN   ;   WRITE(rn_dep_file, '(a,"_y",i4)' ) TRIM( rn_dep_file ), nyear    ! add year
             IF( sn_dep_rnf%clftyp == 'monthly' )   WRITE(rn_dep_file, '(a,"m",i2)'  ) TRIM( rn_dep_file ), nmonth   ! add month
          ENDIF
-         CALL iom_open ( rn_dep_file, inum )                             ! open file
-         CALL iom_get  ( inum, jpdom_global, sn_dep_rnf%clvar, h_rnf )   ! read the river mouth array
-         CALL iom_close( inum )                                          ! close file
+         CALL iom_open ( rn_dep_file, inum )                                                 ! open file
+         CALL iom_get  ( inum, jpdom_global, sn_dep_rnf%clvar, h_rnf, kfill = jpfillcopy )   ! read the river mouth. no 0 on halos!
+         CALL iom_close( inum )                                                              ! close file
          !
          nk_rnf(:,:) = 0                               ! set the number of level over which river runoffs are applied
          DO_2D( nn_hls, nn_hls, nn_hls, nn_hls )