diff --git a/third_party/amd/backend/driver.py b/third_party/amd/backend/driver.py
index 3825273265f0..c1ff6e1d65f3 100644
--- a/third_party/amd/backend/driver.py
+++ b/third_party/amd/backend/driver.py
@@ -13,6 +13,54 @@
 include_dir = [os.path.join(dirname, "include")]
 
 
+def _find_already_mmapped_dylib_on_linux(lib_name):
+    import platform
+    if platform.system() != 'Linux':
+        return None
+
+    # Use dl_iterate_phdr to walk through the list of shared libraries at runtime.
+    # See https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/dl_iterate_phdr.3.html for details.
+
+    import ctypes
+    from ctypes import c_char, c_int, c_size_t, c_void_p, c_char_p, POINTER
+
+    class DlPhdrInfo(ctypes.Structure):
+        _fields_ = [
+            ('dlpi_addr', c_void_p),
+            ('dlpi_name', c_char_p),
+            # We don't care about the remaining fields.
+        ]
+
+    # callback_t must use POINTER(c_char) to avoid copying.
+    callback_t = ctypes.CFUNCTYPE(c_int, POINTER(DlPhdrInfo), POINTER(c_size_t), POINTER(c_char))
+
+    # Load libc and get the dl_iterate_phdr symbol.
+    try:
+        dl_iterate_phdr = ctypes.CDLL('libc.so.6').dl_iterate_phdr
+    except:
+        return None
+    # argtypes must use c_char_p to accept create_string_buffer.
+    dl_iterate_phdr.argtypes = [callback_t, c_char_p]
+    dl_iterate_phdr.restype = c_int
+
+    max_path_length = 4096
+    path = ctypes.create_string_buffer(max_path_length + 1)
+
+    # Define callback to get the loaded dylib path.
+    def callback(info, size, data):
+        dlpi_name = info.contents.dlpi_name
+        p = Path(os.fsdecode(dlpi_name))
+        if lib_name in p.name:
+            # Found the dylib; get its path.
+            ctypes.memmove(data, dlpi_name, min(max_path_length, len(dlpi_name)))
+            return 1
+        return 0
+
+    if dl_iterate_phdr(callback_t(callback), path):
+        return os.fsdecode(ctypes.string_at(path))
+    return None
+
+
 @functools.lru_cache()
 def _get_path_to_hip_runtime_dylib():
     lib_name = "libamdhip64.so"
@@ -24,6 +72,13 @@ def _get_path_to_hip_runtime_dylib():
             return env_libhip_path
         raise RuntimeError(f"TRITON_LIBHIP_PATH '{env_libhip_path}' does not point to a valid {lib_name}")
 
+    # If the shared object is already mmapped to address space, use it.
+    mmapped_path = _find_already_mmapped_dylib_on_linux(lib_name)
+    if mmapped_path:
+        if os.path.exists(mmapped_path):
+            return mmapped_path
+        raise RuntimeError(f"memory mapped '{mmapped_path}' in process does not point to a valid {lib_name}")
+
     paths = []
 
     import site