diff --git a/src/collectives/device/prims_ll.h b/src/collectives/device/prims_ll.h
index bdc711058f..5874994c41 100644
--- a/src/collectives/device/prims_ll.h
+++ b/src/collectives/device/prims_ll.h
@@ -99,9 +99,11 @@ private:
     if (sendConnHeadPtr) {
       int spins = 0;
       while (sendConnHeadCache + NCCL_STEPS < sendConnHead + 1) {
-        sendConnHeadCache = LOAD(sendConnHeadPtr);
+        __builtin_amdgcn_s_sleep(8);
+        sendConnHeadCache = atomicAdd_system((unsigned long long *)sendConnHeadPtr, 0);
         if (checkAbort(spins, 1)) break;
       }
+      __asm__ __volatile__("s_wakeup");
       if (sendConnFifoPtr) {
         int size = ((sendConnHead & NCCL_LL_CLEAN_MASK) == NCCL_LL_CLEAN_MASK) ? stepLines*sizeof(union ncclLLFifoLine) : nbytes;
         STORE(sendConnFifoPtr+sendConnHead%NCCL_STEPS, size);
diff --git a/src/collectives/device/prims_simple.h b/src/collectives/device/prims_simple.h
index cc6f275041..edc0ac9a65 100644
--- a/src/collectives/device/prims_simple.h
+++ b/src/collectives/device/prims_simple.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ private:
       int spins = 0;
       while (connStepCache + (isSendNotRecv ? NCCL_STEPS : 0) < step + StepPerSlice) {
         __builtin_amdgcn_s_sleep(8);
-        connStepCache = LOAD(connStepPtr);
+        connStepCache = atomicAdd_system((unsigned long long *)connStepPtr, 0);
         if (checkAbort(spins)) break;
         //if (spins == 0) printf("r=%d b=%d t=%d SPUN OUT got=%d want=%d\n", ncclShmem->comm.rank, blockIdx.x, threadIdx.x, int(connStepCache + (isSendNotRecv ? NCCL_STEPS : 0)), int(step+StepPerSlice));
         if (spins == 0) traceData(__LINE__, threadIdx.x, int(connStepCache + (isSendNotRecv ? NCCL_STEPS : 0)), int(step+StepPerSlice));