diff --git a/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/palmemory.cpp b/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/palmemory.cpp
index eb7f8cc2b3..eae90ef2c0 100644
--- a/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/palmemory.cpp
+++ b/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/palmemory.cpp
@@ -572,6 +572,10 @@ Memory::syncCacheFromHost(VirtualGPU& gpu, device::Memory::SyncFlags syncFlags)
             }
         }
 
+        //!@todo A wait isn't really necessary. However processMemObjects()
+        // may lose the track of dependencies with a compute transfer(if sdma failed).
+        wait(gpu);
+
         // Should never fail
         assert(result && "Memory synchronization failed!");
     }
diff --git a/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/palvirtual.cpp b/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/palvirtual.cpp
index 4a9060d58d..40e2ed043e 100644
--- a/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/palvirtual.cpp
+++ b/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/palvirtual.cpp
@@ -3208,9 +3208,6 @@ VirtualGPU::processMemObjectsHSA(
         memoryDependency().validate(*this, mem, IsReadOnly);
     }
 
-    // Mark the tracker with the processed kernel
-    memoryDependency().newKernel();
-
     return true;
 }