diff --git a/src/init.cc b/src/init.cc
index ed20796f51..e6f2c05d54 100644
--- a/src/init.cc
+++ b/src/init.cc
@@ -1485,12 +1485,21 @@ static ncclResult_t initTransportsRank(struct ncclComm* comm, struct ncclComm* p
   if (ringGraph.nChannels > MAXCHANNELS/2)
     allGather3Data[rank].nc = 1;
   if (IsArchMatch(comm->topo->nodes[GPU].nodes[idx].gpu.gcn, "gfx94")) {
-    if (nranks == 2)
-      // NCCL_MIN_NCHANNELS=32
-      allGather3Data[rank].nc = 16;
-    else if (nranks == 4)
-      // NCCL_MIN_NCHANNELS=24
-      allGather3Data[rank].nc = 4;
+    // Multi-node MI300A
+    int managed = 0;
+    CUDACHECK(hipDeviceGetAttribute(&managed, hipDeviceAttributeDirectManagedMemAccessFromHost, 0));
+    if (managed && nNodes > 1) {
+      // This forces the minimum channels to 24
+      allGather3Data[rank].nc = 6;
+    } else {
+      // MI300X
+      if (nranks == 2)
+        // NCCL_MIN_NCHANNELS=32
+        allGather3Data[rank].nc = 16;
+      else if (nranks == 4)
+        // NCCL_MIN_NCHANNELS=24
+        allGather3Data[rank].nc = 4;
+    }
   }
 
   allGather3Data[rank].pivotA2AEnabled = comm->topo->pivotA2AEnabled && rcclParamPivotAlltoallEnable();