diff --git a/src/executorlib/backend/interactive_parallel.py b/src/executorlib/backend/interactive_parallel.py
index 7f968391d..ff752834a 100644
--- a/src/executorlib/backend/interactive_parallel.py
+++ b/src/executorlib/backend/interactive_parallel.py
@@ -16,6 +16,50 @@
 )
 
 
+def _execute_init_dict(
+    input_dict: dict,
+    memory: dict,
+    socket: Optional[zmq.Socket],
+    mpi_rank_zero: bool,
+    mpi_size_larger_one: bool,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Execute an init-function message and update the in-process memory store.
+
+    Runs the callable in input_dict on every MPI rank, then gathers errors
+    from all ranks to rank 0 so that a failure on any non-zero rank is not
+    silently swallowed. Rank 0 sends the result or the first observed error
+    back to the scheduler via the ZMQ socket.
+
+    Args:
+        input_dict (dict): Message dict with keys "init", "fn", "args", "kwargs".
+        memory (dict): Per-rank memory store; updated in-place with the return
+                       value of the init function on success.
+        socket (zmq.Socket | None): ZMQ socket used by rank 0 to reply to the
+                                    scheduler; None on non-zero ranks.
+        mpi_rank_zero (bool): True only on MPI rank 0.
+        mpi_size_larger_one (bool): True when the communicator has more than one rank.
+    """
+    from mpi4py import MPI
+
+    init_error = None
+    try:
+        memory.update(call_funct(input_dict=input_dict, funct=None, memory=memory))
+    except Exception as error:
+        init_error = error
+    if mpi_size_larger_one:
+        all_errors = MPI.COMM_WORLD.gather(init_error, root=0)
+    else:
+        all_errors = [init_error]
+    if mpi_rank_zero:
+        first_error = next((e for e in all_errors if e is not None), None)
+        if first_error is not None:
+            interface_send(socket=socket, result_dict={"error": first_error})
+            backend_write_error_file(error=first_error, apply_dict=input_dict)
+        else:
+            interface_send(socket=socket, result_dict={"result": True})
+
+
 def main() -> None:
     """
     Entry point of the program.
@@ -97,23 +141,13 @@ def main() -> None:
             and "args" in input_dict
             and "kwargs" in input_dict
         ):
-            try:
-                memory.update(
-                    call_funct(input_dict=input_dict, funct=None, memory=memory)
-                )
-            except Exception as error:
-                if mpi_rank_zero:
-                    interface_send(
-                        socket=socket,
-                        result_dict={"error": error},
-                    )
-                    backend_write_error_file(
-                        error=error,
-                        apply_dict=input_dict,
-                    )
-            else:
-                if mpi_rank_zero:
-                    interface_send(socket=socket, result_dict={"result": True})
+            _execute_init_dict(
+                input_dict=input_dict,
+                memory=memory,
+                socket=socket,
+                mpi_rank_zero=mpi_rank_zero,
+                mpi_size_larger_one=mpi_size_larger_one,
+            )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/tests/unit/standalone/interactive/test_spawner.py b/tests/unit/standalone/interactive/test_spawner.py
index 1af872cdc..bd76c35e0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/standalone/interactive/test_spawner.py
+++ b/tests/unit/standalone/interactive/test_spawner.py
@@ -271,6 +271,25 @@ def test_execute_task(self):
         self.assertEqual(f.result(), np.array([5]))
         q.join()
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(
+        skip_mpi4py_test, "mpi4py is not installed, so the mpi4py tests are skipped."
+    )
+    def test_internal_memory_mpi(self):
+        with BlockAllocationTaskScheduler(
+            max_workers=1,
+            executor_kwargs={
+                "cores": 2,
+                "init_function": set_global,
+            },
+            spawner=MpiExecSpawner,
+        ) as p:
+            cloudpickle_register(ind=1)
+            f = p.submit(get_global)
+            result = f.result()
+            self.assertEqual(len(result), 2)
+            np.testing.assert_array_equal(result[0], np.array([5]))
+            np.testing.assert_array_equal(result[1], np.array([5]))
+
 
 class TestBlockAllocationTaskScheduler(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_submit_tracks_future_state(self):