diff --git a/projects/rccl/src/misc/msccl/msccl_setup.cc b/projects/rccl/src/misc/msccl/msccl_setup.cc
index 0b6c997ef2..5222cf39c6 100644
--- a/projects/rccl/src/misc/msccl/msccl_setup.cc
+++ b/projects/rccl/src/misc/msccl/msccl_setup.cc
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ ncclResult_t mscclSetupScratch(struct mscclAlgo* hostAlgo, hipStream_t stream) {
   mscclStatus& status = mscclGetStatus();
   size_t sizeNeeded = (status.nBytes * (size_t)(hostAlgo->nScratchChunks)) / (size_t)(hostAlgo->nChunksPerLoop);
   if (sizeNeeded > status.scratchBufferSize){
-    CUDACHECK(hipStreamSynchronize(stream));
     NCCLCHECK(ncclCudaFree(status.scratchBuffer));
     NCCLCHECK(ncclCudaCalloc((char**)&status.scratchBuffer, sizeNeeded));
     status.scratchBufferSize = sizeNeeded;