diff --git a/PuReMD/src/parallelreax.c b/PuReMD/src/parallelreax.c
index 12e092100b08b9896d7a4bb4a8c01c73ca173ad7..359aa1683f9489e0e11f0da53ed52804f2af338f 100644
--- a/PuReMD/src/parallelreax.c
+++ b/PuReMD/src/parallelreax.c
@@ -215,7 +215,9 @@ int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
         Evolve( system, control, data, workspace, lists, out_control, mpi_data );
         Post_Evolve(system, control, data, workspace, lists, out_control, mpi_data);
 
-        if( system->my_rank == MASTER_NODE )
+        if ( system->my_rank == MASTER_NODE 
+                && out_control->energy_update_freq > 0
+                && data->step % out_control->energy_update_freq == 0 )
         {
             total_itr += data->timing.cm_solver_iters;
         }