diff --git a/components/eamxx/src/mct_coupling/scream_cxx_f90_interface.cpp b/components/eamxx/src/mct_coupling/scream_cxx_f90_interface.cpp
index 006bea1bef6..3e1514b3865 100644
--- a/components/eamxx/src/mct_coupling/scream_cxx_f90_interface.cpp
+++ b/components/eamxx/src/mct_coupling/scream_cxx_f90_interface.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ void fpe_guard_wrapper (const Lambda& f) {
     auto raw_comm = c.get<ekat::Comm>().mpi_comm();
     c.clean_up();
 
+    MPI_Abort (raw_comm,1);
+  } catch (...) {
+
+    // Get raw comm before cleaning up singleton
+    auto& c = ScreamContext::singleton();
+    auto raw_comm = c.get<ekat::Comm>().mpi_comm();
+    c.clean_up();
+
     MPI_Abort (raw_comm,1);
   }