diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/fattn-mma-f16.cuh b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/fattn-mma-f16.cuh
index 126a4c452..bc5060e81 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/fattn-mma-f16.cuh
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/fattn-mma-f16.cuh
@@ -1545,77 +1545,77 @@ static __device__ __forceinline__ void flash_attn_ext_f16_process_tile(
         }
     }
 
-    if (np > 1 && threadIdx.y % np == 0) {
-        // Combine the meta data for parallel warps via shared memory.
-        // Warps with threadIdx.y % np != 0 must NOT return early.
-        // All threads must return simultaneously to avoid race conditions with work on the next tile.
-
+    if (np > 1) {
         constexpr int nmeta = np*cols_per_warp >= warp_size ? np*cols_per_warp/warp_size : 1;
 
+        float KQ_cmn;
+        float KQ_cms[nmeta];
+        float KQ_crs;
+
         const int jc_meta = threadIdx.y*cols_per_warp + (np*cols_per_warp < warp_size ? threadIdx.x % (np*cols_per_warp) : threadIdx.x);
         float2 * const meta_ptr = ((float2 *) tile_Q) + jc_meta*(tile_stride/2) + nbatch_combine/2;
-        float2 meta[nmeta];
-#pragma unroll
-        for (int imeta = 0; imeta < nmeta; ++imeta) {
-            meta[imeta] = meta_ptr[imeta * warp_size * tile_stride/2];
-        }
 
-        float KQ_cmn = meta[0].x; // KQ combine max new, max between all parallel warps.
+        if (threadIdx.y % np == 0) {
+            // Combine the meta data for parallel warps via shared memory.
+            float2 meta[nmeta];
 #pragma unroll
-        for (int imeta = 1; imeta < nmeta; ++imeta) {
-            KQ_cmn = fmaxf(KQ_cmn, meta[imeta].x);
-        }
-#pragma unroll
-        for (int offset = np*cols_per_warp/2; offset >= cols_per_warp; offset >>= 1) {
-            if (offset < warp_size) {
-                KQ_cmn = fmaxf(KQ_cmn, __shfl_xor_sync(0xFFFFFFFF, KQ_cmn, offset, warp_size));
+            for (int imeta = 0; imeta < nmeta; ++imeta) {
+                meta[imeta] = meta_ptr[imeta * warp_size * tile_stride/2];
             }
-        }
 
-        float KQ_cms[nmeta]; // KQ combine max scale per warp.
+            KQ_cmn = meta[0].x; // KQ combine max new, max between all parallel warps.
 #pragma unroll
-        for (int imeta = 0; imeta < nmeta; ++imeta) {
-            KQ_cms[imeta] = expf(meta[imeta].x - KQ_cmn);
-        }
+            for (int imeta = 1; imeta < nmeta; ++imeta) {
+                KQ_cmn = fmaxf(KQ_cmn, meta[imeta].x);
+            }
+#pragma unroll
+            for (int offset = np*cols_per_warp/2; offset >= cols_per_warp; offset >>= 1) {
+                if (offset < warp_size) {
+                    KQ_cmn = fmaxf(KQ_cmn, __shfl_xor_sync(0xFFFFFFFF, KQ_cmn, offset, warp_size));
+                }
+            }
 
-        float KQ_crs = KQ_cms[0]*meta[0].y; // KQ combine rowsum, scaled sum of all parallel warps.
 #pragma unroll
-        for (int imeta = 1; imeta < nmeta; ++imeta) {
-            KQ_crs += KQ_cms[imeta]*meta[imeta].y;
-        }
+            for (int imeta = 0; imeta < nmeta; ++imeta) {
+                KQ_cms[imeta] = expf(meta[imeta].x - KQ_cmn);
+            }
+
+            KQ_crs = KQ_cms[0]*meta[0].y; // KQ combine rowsum, scaled sum of all parallel warps.
 #pragma unroll
-        for (int offset = np*cols_per_warp/2; offset >= cols_per_warp; offset >>= 1) {
-            if (offset < warp_size) {
-                KQ_crs += __shfl_xor_sync(0xFFFFFFFF, KQ_crs, offset, warp_size);
+            for (int imeta = 1; imeta < nmeta; ++imeta) {
+                KQ_crs += KQ_cms[imeta]*meta[imeta].y;
+            }
+#pragma unroll
+            for (int offset = np*cols_per_warp/2; offset >= cols_per_warp; offset >>= 1) {
+                if (offset < warp_size) {
+                    KQ_crs += __shfl_xor_sync(0xFFFFFFFF, KQ_crs, offset, warp_size);
+                }
             }
         }
 
         __syncthreads();
 
-        // Write back combined meta data:
+        if (threadIdx.y % np == 0) {
+            // Write back combined meta data:
 #pragma unroll
-        for (int imeta = 0; imeta < nmeta; ++imeta) {
-            if (np*cols_per_warp >= warp_size || threadIdx.x < np*cols_per_warp) {
-                // Combined KQ max scale + rowsum.
-                meta_ptr[imeta * warp_size * tile_stride/2] = make_float2(KQ_cms[imeta], KQ_crs);
+            for (int imeta = 0; imeta < nmeta; ++imeta) {
+                if (np*cols_per_warp >= warp_size || threadIdx.x < np*cols_per_warp) {
+                    // Combined KQ max scale + rowsum.
+                    meta_ptr[imeta * warp_size * tile_stride/2] = make_float2(KQ_cms[imeta], KQ_crs);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Combined KQ max + rowsum.
+            static_assert(cols_per_warp <= warp_size);
+            if (needs_fixup && (cols_per_warp == warp_size || threadIdx.x < cols_per_warp)) {
+                float2 * dstk_fixup_meta = dstk_fixup + blockIdx.x*ncols;
+                dstk_fixup_meta[(threadIdx.y/np)*cols_per_warp + threadIdx.x] = make_float2(KQ_cmn, KQ_crs);
+            }
+            if (is_fixup && (cols_per_warp == warp_size || threadIdx.x < cols_per_warp)) {
+                float2 * dstk_fixup_meta = dstk_fixup + (gridDim.x + blockIdx.x)*ncols;
+                dstk_fixup_meta[(threadIdx.y/np)*cols_per_warp + threadIdx.x] = make_float2(KQ_cmn, KQ_crs);
             }
         }
-
-        // Combined KQ max + rowsum.
-        static_assert(cols_per_warp <= warp_size);
-        if (needs_fixup && (cols_per_warp == warp_size || threadIdx.x < cols_per_warp)) {
-            float2 * dstk_fixup_meta = dstk_fixup + blockIdx.x*ncols;
-            dstk_fixup_meta[(threadIdx.y/np)*cols_per_warp + threadIdx.x] = make_float2(KQ_cmn, KQ_crs);
-        }
-        if (is_fixup && (cols_per_warp == warp_size || threadIdx.x < cols_per_warp)) {
-            float2 * dstk_fixup_meta = dstk_fixup + (gridDim.x + blockIdx.x)*ncols;
-            dstk_fixup_meta[(threadIdx.y/np)*cols_per_warp + threadIdx.x] = make_float2(KQ_cmn, KQ_crs);
-        }
-    } else if (np > 1) {
-        // Warps with threadIdx.y % np == 0 execute a __syncthreads() in the if branch.
-        // Therefore, all other warps also need to execute a __syncthreads().
-        // Otherwise the points at which warps synchronize with each other would become misaligned.
-        __syncthreads();
     }
 
 #pragma unroll