diff --git a/Src/Particle/AMReX_ParticleCommunication.H b/Src/Particle/AMReX_ParticleCommunication.H
index 9cc7a2cef95..9c9372a192f 100644
--- a/Src/Particle/AMReX_ParticleCommunication.H
+++ b/Src/Particle/AMReX_ParticleCommunication.H
@@ -220,9 +220,13 @@ struct ParticleCopyPlan
             if (int_comp_mask[i])  {++num_int_comm_comp;}
         }
 
-        m_superparticle_size = sizeof(typename PC::ParticleType)
-                             + num_real_comm_comp * sizeof(typename PC::ParticleType::RealType)
-                             + num_int_comm_comp  * sizeof(int);
+        if constexpr (PC::ParticleType::is_soa_particle) {
+            m_superparticle_size = sizeof(uint64_t);  // idcpu
+        } else {
+            m_superparticle_size = sizeof(typename PC::ParticleType);
+        }
+        m_superparticle_size += num_real_comm_comp * sizeof(typename PC::ParticleType::RealType)
+                              + num_int_comm_comp  * sizeof(int);
 
         buildMPIStart(pc.BufferMap(), m_superparticle_size);
     }
diff --git a/Src/Particle/AMReX_ParticleTransformation.H b/Src/Particle/AMReX_ParticleTransformation.H
index 7ca26cef064..b55f5211eee 100644
--- a/Src/Particle/AMReX_ParticleTransformation.H
+++ b/Src/Particle/AMReX_ParticleTransformation.H
@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@ void copyParticle (const ParticleTileData<T_ParticleType, NAR, NAI>& dst,
     AMREX_ASSERT(dst.m_num_runtime_real == src.m_num_runtime_real);
     AMREX_ASSERT(dst.m_num_runtime_int  == src.m_num_runtime_int );
 
-    dst.m_aos[dst_i] = src.m_aos[src_i];
+    if constexpr(T_ParticleType::is_soa_particle) {
+        dst.m_idcpu[dst_i] = src.m_idcpu[src_i];
+    } else {
+        dst.m_aos[dst_i] = src.m_aos[src_i];
+    }
     for (int j = 0; j < NAR; ++j) {
         dst.m_rdata[j][dst_i] = src.m_rdata[j][src_i];
     }
@@ -119,7 +123,11 @@ void swapParticle (const ParticleTileData<T_ParticleType, NAR, NAI>& dst,
     AMREX_ASSERT(dst.m_num_runtime_real == src.m_num_runtime_real);
     AMREX_ASSERT(dst.m_num_runtime_int  == src.m_num_runtime_int );
 
-    amrex::Swap(src.m_aos[src_i], dst.m_aos[dst_i]);
+    if constexpr(T_ParticleType::is_soa_particle) {
+        amrex::Swap(src.m_idcpu[src_i], dst.m_idcpu[dst_i]);
+    } else {
+        amrex::Swap(src.m_aos[src_i], dst.m_aos[dst_i]);
+    }
     for (int j = 0; j < NAR; ++j) {
         amrex::Swap(dst.m_rdata[j][dst_i], src.m_rdata[j][src_i]);
     }