diff --git a/.github/workflows/_linux-test-mi350.yml b/.github/workflows/_linux-test-mi350.yml
index 6e5f51fb2..7199d2257 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_linux-test-mi350.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_linux-test-mi350.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ jobs:
       SETUP_SCRIPT: "/workspace/setup_instance.sh"
       CONDA_ENV: ${{ inputs.conda_env }}
       DOCKER_IMAGE: "ghcr.io/meta-pytorch/tritonbench:rocm-latest"
-      TRITON_HIP_USE_ASYNC_COPY: "0"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Tritonbench
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/tritonbench/kernels/triton_fused_attention.py b/tritonbench/kernels/triton_fused_attention.py
index 8b5c0e368..e6bf6baae 100644
--- a/tritonbench/kernels/triton_fused_attention.py
+++ b/tritonbench/kernels/triton_fused_attention.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import torch
 import triton
 import triton.language as tl
+from triton import knobs
 
 from .attention_utils import (
     HAS_EXPLICIT_WS,  # guard new tuning configs such as num_consumer_groups
@@ -28,6 +29,20 @@
 )
 
 
+def is_cuda():
+    return triton.runtime.driver.active.get_current_target().backend == "cuda"
+
+
+def is_hip_async_copy_enabled():
+    if is_cuda():
+        return False
+
+    # default is enabled
+    if knobs.amd.use_async_copy is None:
+        return True
+    return knobs.amd.use_async_copy
+
+
 if HAS_TMA_DESC:
     print(
         "TMA benchmarks will be running with experimental grid constant TMA descriptor.",
@@ -481,7 +496,7 @@ def get_fwd_config_space(
     bmList = [128] if enable_ws else [64, 128]
     bnList = [64, 128]  # To handle hDim of 64, we need BLOCK_N to be <= 64
     wList = [4] if enable_ws else [4, 8]
-    stageList = [2] if enable_ws else [3, 4, 7]
+    stageList = [2] if enable_ws else [3] if is_hip_async_copy_enabled() else [3, 4, 7]
     for BM in bmList:
         for BN in bnList:
             for sched in schedList:  # set in global scope
diff --git a/tritonbench/operators/fp8_gemm/persistent.py b/tritonbench/operators/fp8_gemm/persistent.py
index e42aa0a69..550a9e870 100644
--- a/tritonbench/operators/fp8_gemm/persistent.py
+++ b/tritonbench/operators/fp8_gemm/persistent.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import triton
 import triton.language as tl
 from torch._inductor.kernel.mm import ScalingType
+from triton import knobs
 from tritonbench.utils.env_utils import is_cuda
 from tritonbench.utils.triton_utils import has_experimental_descriptor
 
@@ -24,6 +25,16 @@
         pass
 
 
+def is_hip_async_copy_enabled():
+    if is_cuda():
+        return False
+
+    # default is enabled
+    if knobs.amd.use_async_copy is None:
+        return True
+    return knobs.amd.use_async_copy
+
+
 def _matmul_launch_metadata(grid, kernel, args):
     ret = {}
     M, N, K = args["M"], args["N"], args["K"]
@@ -135,7 +146,7 @@ def matmul_persistent(a, b):
             "BLOCK_SIZE_N": 256,
             "BLOCK_SIZE_K": 128,
             "GROUP_SIZE_M": 8,
-            "num_stages": 4,
+            "num_stages": 3 if is_hip_async_copy_enabled() else 4,
             "num_warps": 8,
         },
         torch.float16: {
@@ -143,7 +154,7 @@ def matmul_persistent(a, b):
             "BLOCK_SIZE_N": 256,
             "BLOCK_SIZE_K": 64,
             "GROUP_SIZE_M": 8,
-            "num_stages": 3,
+            "num_stages": 2 if is_hip_async_copy_enabled() else 3,
             "num_warps": 8,
         },
         torch.bfloat16: {
@@ -151,7 +162,7 @@ def matmul_persistent(a, b):
             "BLOCK_SIZE_N": 256,
             "BLOCK_SIZE_K": 64,
             "GROUP_SIZE_M": 8,
-            "num_stages": 3,
+            "num_stages": 2 if is_hip_async_copy_enabled() else 3,
             "num_warps": 8,
         },
     }
diff --git a/tritonbench/operators/grouped_gemm/kernels.py b/tritonbench/operators/grouped_gemm/kernels.py
index beed269c1..28731c8ba 100644
--- a/tritonbench/operators/grouped_gemm/kernels.py
+++ b/tritonbench/operators/grouped_gemm/kernels.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import torch
 import triton
 import triton.language as tl
+from triton import knobs
 
 try:
     # @manual=//triton:triton
@@ -47,9 +48,17 @@ def is_cuda():
 
 
 def num_sms():
+    return torch.cuda.get_device_properties("cuda").multi_processor_count
+
+
+def is_hip_async_copy_enabled():
     if is_cuda():
-        return torch.cuda.get_device_properties("cuda").multi_processor_count
-    return 148
+        return False
+
+    # default is enabled
+    if knobs.amd.use_async_copy is None:
+        return True
+    return knobs.amd.use_async_copy
 
 
 def torch_dtype_to_triton_dtype(dtype):
@@ -73,7 +82,8 @@ def torch_dtype_to_triton_dtype(dtype):
                 "BLOCK_SIZE_N": BLOCK_N,
                 "BLOCK_SIZE_K": BLOCK_K,
                 "NUM_SMS": num_sms(),
-            }
+            },
+            num_stages=2 if is_hip_async_copy_enabled() else 3,
         )
         for BLOCK_M, BLOCK_N, BLOCK_K in itertools.product([128, 256], repeat=3)
     ],