diff --git a/projects/rocshmem/src/ipc/context_ipc_device.cpp b/projects/rocshmem/src/ipc/context_ipc_device.cpp
index 48d7dd9b4f..ede7633b06 100644
--- a/projects/rocshmem/src/ipc/context_ipc_device.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocshmem/src/ipc/context_ipc_device.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ __host__ IPCContext::IPCContext(Backend *b)
 
   auto *bp{backend->ipc_backend_proxy.get()};
 
+  barrier_sync = backend->barrier_sync;
   g_ret = bp->g_ret;
   atomic_base_ptr = bp->atomic_ret->atomic_base_ptr;
 }