diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/gla.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/gla.cpp
index 8a83da3a9..eedb47486 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/gla.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/gla.cpp
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ static void gated_linear_attn_f32_kernel(const dpct::queue_ptr stream, u_int B,
             for (u_int i = 0; i < head_size; i++) {
                 state[i] = s[batch_i * state_size + head_i * head_size * head_size + i * head_size + tid];
             }
-            item.barrier(sycl::access::fence_space::local_space);  //sync threads
+
             for (u_int t = batch_i * n_seq_tokens * C + head_i * head_size + tid;
                  t < (batch_i + 1) * n_seq_tokens * C + head_i * head_size + tid; t += C) {
+
+                item.barrier(sycl::access::fence_space::local_space);  //sync threads
                 _k[tid]  = k[t];
                 _r[tid]  = r[t];
                 _td[tid] = td[t];