diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b3a0cc30c2..3af9872195 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -791,6 +791,7 @@ if(openPMD_BUILD_TESTING)
             list(APPEND ${out_list}
                 test/Files_ParallelIO/read_variablebased_randomaccess.cpp
                 test/Files_ParallelIO/iterate_nonstreaming_series.cpp
+                test/Files_ParallelIO/bug_1655_bp5_writer_hangup.cpp
             )
         elseif(${test_name} STREQUAL "Core")
             list(APPEND ${out_list}
diff --git a/src/Series.cpp b/src/Series.cpp
index 2fe870a4a9..c0733e34cc 100644
--- a/src/Series.cpp
+++ b/src/Series.cpp
@@ -2702,7 +2702,8 @@ auto Series::openIterationIfDirty(IterationIndex_t index, Iteration &iteration)
     {
         return IterationOpened::RemainsClosed;
     }
-    bool const dirtyRecursive = iteration.dirtyRecursive();
+    bool dirtyRecursive = iteration.dirtyRecursive();
+
     if (data.m_closed == internal::CloseStatus::Closed)
     {
         // file corresponding with the iteration has previously been
@@ -2731,6 +2732,28 @@ auto Series::openIterationIfDirty(IterationIndex_t index, Iteration &iteration)
         }
     }
 
+    /*
+     * When using writeIterations(), the currently active Iteration should
+     * always be flushed (unless, as checked above, it is already closed).
+     * This block checks if an Iteration is currently collectively opened.
+     */
+    [&]() {
+        auto &series = get();
+        if (!series.m_sharedStatefulIterator)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        auto &shared_iterator = *series.m_sharedStatefulIterator;
+        if (!shared_iterator.m_data || !shared_iterator.m_data->has_value())
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        auto const current_iteration =
+            (*shared_iterator.m_data)->currentIteration();
+        dirtyRecursive |=
+            current_iteration.has_value() && *current_iteration == index;
+    }();
+
     switch (iterationEncoding())
     {
         using IE = IterationEncoding;
diff --git a/test/Files_ParallelIO/ParallelIOTests.hpp b/test/Files_ParallelIO/ParallelIOTests.hpp
index 0cb247700e..84d68a214d 100644
--- a/test/Files_ParallelIO/ParallelIOTests.hpp
+++ b/test/Files_ParallelIO/ParallelIOTests.hpp
@@ -75,4 +75,9 @@ namespace iterate_nonstreaming_series
 auto iterate_nonstreaming_series() -> void;
 }
 
+namespace bug_1655_bp5_writer_hangup
+{
+auto bug_1655_bp5_writer_hangup() -> void;
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/test/Files_ParallelIO/bug_1655_bp5_writer_hangup.cpp b/test/Files_ParallelIO/bug_1655_bp5_writer_hangup.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..103c884631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Files_ParallelIO/bug_1655_bp5_writer_hangup.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#include "ParallelIOTests.hpp"
+
+#include <mpi.h>
+#include <openPMD/openPMD.hpp>
+
+namespace bug_1655_bp5_writer_hangup
+{
+auto worker(std::string const &ext) -> void
+{
+    int mpi_size;
+    int mpi_rank;
+
+    MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &mpi_size);
+    MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &mpi_rank);
+
+    auto const value = float(mpi_size * 100 + mpi_rank);
+    std::vector<float> local_data(10 * 300, value);
+
+    std::string filename = "../samples/ptl_%T." + ext;
+
+    Series series = Series(filename, Access::CREATE, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+
+    Datatype datatype = determineDatatype<float>();
+
+    auto myptl = series.writeIterations()[1].particles["ion"];
+    Extent global_ptl = {10ul * mpi_size * 300};
+    Dataset dataset_ptl = Dataset(datatype, global_ptl, "{}");
+    myptl["charge"].resetDataset(dataset_ptl);
+
+    series.flush();
+
+    if (mpi_rank == 0) // only rank 0 adds data
+        myptl["charge"].storeChunk(local_data, {0}, {3000});
+
+    series.flush(); // hangs here
+    series.close();
+}
+
+auto bug_1655_bp5_writer_hangup() -> void
+{
+    for (auto const &ext : testedFileExtensions())
+    {
+        worker(ext);
+    }
+}
+} // namespace bug_1655_bp5_writer_hangup
diff --git a/test/ParallelIOTest.cpp b/test/ParallelIOTest.cpp
index 9ade0c8f44..2daa369920 100644
--- a/test/ParallelIOTest.cpp
+++ b/test/ParallelIOTest.cpp
@@ -2183,3 +2183,10 @@ TEST_CASE("iterate_nonstreaming_series", "[serial][adios2]")
 }
 
 #endif // openPMD_HAVE_ADIOS2 && openPMD_HAVE_MPI
+
+#if openPMD_HAVE_MPI
+TEST_CASE("bug_1655_bp5_writer_hangup", "[parallel]")
+{
+    bug_1655_bp5_writer_hangup::bug_1655_bp5_writer_hangup();
+}
+#endif