diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/adios/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/adios/package.py
index 7e2ad3fdc02..3405e03f659 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/adios/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/adios/package.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class Adios(AutotoolsPackage):
     patch('zfp051.patch', when='@1.11.0:1.13.1')
 
     # Fix a bug in configure.ac that causes automake issues on RHEL 7.7
-    patch('https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS/pull/207.patch', when='@1.12.0:',
+    patch('https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS/pull/207.patch', when='@1.12.0: +mpi',
           sha256='01113e9efb929d71c28bf33cc8b7f215d85195ec700e99cb41164e2f8f830640')
 
     def validate(self, spec):