diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-systems/source/lib/rocprof-sys/library/components/pthread_create_gotcha.cpp b/projects/rocprofiler-systems/source/lib/rocprof-sys/library/components/pthread_create_gotcha.cpp
index 06f20f445f..783f862593 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-systems/source/lib/rocprof-sys/library/components/pthread_create_gotcha.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-systems/source/lib/rocprof-sys/library/components/pthread_create_gotcha.cpp
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@
 #include <timemory/utility/types.hpp>
 
 #include <csignal>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <ostream>
 #include <pthread.h>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <utility>
 
 namespace rocprofsys
@@ -540,11 +542,47 @@ pthread_create_gotcha::get_native_handles()
     return _v;
 }
 
+namespace
+{
+constexpr const char* rocm_internal_libraries[] = { "libhsa-runtime64",
+                                                    "librocprofiler-sdk", "libamdhip64" };
+
+bool
+is_rocm_internal_thread(void* func_ptr)
+{
+    if(!func_ptr) return false;
+
+    Dl_info info;
+    if(dladdr(func_ptr, &info) == 0 || info.dli_fname == nullptr)
+    {
+        ROCPROFSYS_VERBOSE(4, "dladdr failed or returned no filename for func_ptr=%p\n",
+                           func_ptr);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    std::string_view lib_name{ info.dli_fname };
+
+    for(const auto* lib : rocm_internal_libraries)
+    {
+        if(lib_name.find(lib) != std::string_view::npos) return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+}  // namespace
+
 // pthread_create
 int
 pthread_create_gotcha::operator()(pthread_t* thread, const pthread_attr_t* attr,
                                   void* (*func)(void*), void*              arg) const
 {
+    // Bypass wrapper for internal ROCm threads to avoid interfering with their event
+    // loops
+    if(is_rocm_internal_thread(reinterpret_cast<void*>(func)))
+    {
+        return (*m_wrappee)(thread, attr, func, arg);
+    }
+
     auto        _tid          = utility::get_thread_index();
     auto        _thr_state    = get_thread_state();
     auto        _glob_state   = get_state();
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-systems/tests/rocpd-validation-rules/jpeg-decode/validation-rules.json b/projects/rocprofiler-systems/tests/rocpd-validation-rules/jpeg-decode/validation-rules.json
index 0d339d5ab4..82ca822ca2 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-systems/tests/rocpd-validation-rules/jpeg-decode/validation-rules.json
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-systems/tests/rocpd-validation-rules/jpeg-decode/validation-rules.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
             ]
         },
         {
-            "min_rows": 3,
+            "min_rows": 2,
             "name": "threads",
             "required_columns": [
                 "tid",
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-systems/tests/rocpd-validation-rules/roctx/validation-rules.json b/projects/rocprofiler-systems/tests/rocpd-validation-rules/roctx/validation-rules.json
index ed9d13d580..9bdfaecd72 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-systems/tests/rocpd-validation-rules/roctx/validation-rules.json
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-systems/tests/rocpd-validation-rules/roctx/validation-rules.json
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
             ]
         },
         {
-            "min_rows": 3,
+            "min_rows": 2,
             "name": "threads",
             "required_columns": [
                 "tid",
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-systems/tests/rocpd-validation-rules/transpose/validation-rules.json b/projects/rocprofiler-systems/tests/rocpd-validation-rules/transpose/validation-rules.json
index 281957a281..1c24f8a107 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-systems/tests/rocpd-validation-rules/transpose/validation-rules.json
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-systems/tests/rocpd-validation-rules/transpose/validation-rules.json
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
             ]
         },
         {
-            "min_rows": 3,
+            "min_rows": 2,
             "name": "threads",
             "required_columns": [
                 "tid",