diff --git a/devito/operator/xdsl_operator.py b/devito/operator/xdsl_operator.py
index bbd9cbc4e1..2ffe000863 100644
--- a/devito/operator/xdsl_operator.py
+++ b/devito/operator/xdsl_operator.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 XDSL_CPU_PIPELINE = "stencil-shape-inference,convert-stencil-to-ll-mlir,printf-to-llvm"
 XDSL_GPU_PIPELINE = "stencil-shape-inference,convert-stencil-to-ll-mlir{target=gpu},printf-to-llvm"
-XDSL_MPI_PIPELINE = lambda decomp: f'"dmp-decompose-2d{decomp},convert-stencil-to-ll-mlir,dmp-to-mpi{{mpi_init=false}},lower-mpi,printf-to-llvm"'
+XDSL_MPI_PIPELINE = lambda decomp: f'"dmp-decompose-2d{decomp},canonicalize-dmp,convert-stencil-to-ll-mlir,dmp-to-mpi{{mpi_init=false}},lower-mpi,printf-to-llvm"'
 
 
 class XDSLOperator(Operator):