diff --git a/src/internal/strided_impl.h b/src/internal/strided_impl.h
index ea017f0..3dc4926 100644
--- a/src/internal/strided_impl.h
+++ b/src/internal/strided_impl.h
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ OSHMPI_STATIC_INLINE_PREFIX void OSHMPI_create_strided_dtype(size_t nelems, ptrd
     /* Slow path: create a new datatype and cache it */
     MPI_Datatype vtype = MPI_DATATYPE_NULL;
     size_t elem_bytes = 0;
+    MPI_Aint lb, extent;
+    int typesize;
 
     OSHMPI_CALLMPI(MPI_Type_vector((int) nelems, 1, (int) stride, mpi_type, &vtype));
 
@@ -148,10 +150,19 @@ OSHMPI_STATIC_INLINE_PREFIX void OSHMPI_create_strided_dtype(size_t nelems, ptrd
      * Extent can be negative in MPI, however, we do not expect such case in OSHMPI.
      * Thus skip any negative one */
     if (required_ext_nelems > 0) {
-        if (mpi_type == OSHMPI_MPI_COLL32_T)
+        if (mpi_type == OSHMPI_MPI_COLL_BYTE_T)
+            elem_bytes = 1;
+        else if (mpi_type == OSHMPI_MPI_COLL32_T)
             elem_bytes = 4;
-        else
+        else if (mpi_type == OSHMPI_MPI_COLL64_T)
             elem_bytes = 8;
+        else {
+            OSHMPI_CALLMPI(MPI_Type_get_extent(mpi_type, &lb, &extent));
+            OSHMPI_ASSERT(lb == 0);
+            OSHMPI_CALLMPI(MPI_Type_size(mpi_type, &typesize));
+            OSHMPI_ASSERT(extent == typesize);
+            elem_bytes = (size_t) extent;
+        }
         OSHMPI_CALLMPI(MPI_Type_create_resized
                        (vtype, 0, required_ext_nelems * elem_bytes, strided_type));
     } else