diff --git a/python/tutorials/02-fused-softmax.py b/python/tutorials/02-fused-softmax.py
index d08afb1e59d2..c98042559770 100644
--- a/python/tutorials/02-fused-softmax.py
+++ b/python/tutorials/02-fused-softmax.py
@@ -139,35 +139,32 @@ def softmax(x):
     y = torch.empty_like(x)
 
     # pre-compile kernel to get register usage and compute thread occupancy.
-    kernel, num_programs = kernels.get(BLOCK_SIZE, (None, 0))
-    if kernel is None:
-        kernel = softmax_kernel.warmup(y, x, x.stride(0), y.stride(0), n_rows, n_cols, BLOCK_SIZE=BLOCK_SIZE,
-                                       num_stages=num_stages, num_warps=num_warps, grid=(1, ))
-        kernel._init_handles()
-        n_regs = kernel.n_regs
-        size_smem = kernel.metadata.shared
-        if is_hip():
-            # NUM_REGS represents the number of regular purpose registers. On CDNA architectures this is half of all registers available.
-            # However, this is not always the case. In most cases all registers can be used as regular purpose registers.
-            # ISA SECTION (3.6.4 for CDNA3)
-            # VGPRs are allocated out of two pools: regular VGPRs and accumulation VGPRs. Accumulation VGPRs are used
-            # with matrix VALU instructions, and can also be loaded directly from memory. A wave may have up to 512 total
-            # VGPRs, 256 of each type. When a wave has fewer than 512 total VGPRs, the number of each type is flexible - it is
-            # not required to be equal numbers of both types.
-            if is_cdna():
-                NUM_GPRS = NUM_REGS * 2
-
-            # MAX_NUM_THREADS represents maximum number of resident threads per multi-processor.
-            # When we divide this number with WARP_SIZE we get maximum number of waves that can
-            # execute on a CU (multi-processor)  in parallel.
-            MAX_NUM_THREADS = properties["max_threads_per_sm"]
-            max_num_waves = MAX_NUM_THREADS // WARP_SIZE
-            occupancy = min(NUM_GPRS // WARP_SIZE // n_regs, max_num_waves) // num_warps
-        else:
-            occupancy = NUM_REGS // (n_regs * WARP_SIZE * num_warps)
-        occupancy = min(occupancy, SIZE_SMEM // size_smem)
-        num_programs = NUM_SM * occupancy
-        kernels[BLOCK_SIZE] = (kernel, num_programs)
+    kernel = softmax_kernel.warmup(y, x, x.stride(0), y.stride(0), n_rows, n_cols, BLOCK_SIZE=BLOCK_SIZE,
+                                   num_stages=num_stages, num_warps=num_warps, grid=(1, ))
+    kernel._init_handles()
+    n_regs = kernel.n_regs
+    size_smem = kernel.metadata.shared
+    if is_hip():
+        # NUM_REGS represents the number of regular purpose registers. On CDNA architectures this is half of all registers available.
+        # However, this is not always the case. In most cases all registers can be used as regular purpose registers.
+        # ISA SECTION (3.6.4 for CDNA3)
+        # VGPRs are allocated out of two pools: regular VGPRs and accumulation VGPRs. Accumulation VGPRs are used
+        # with matrix VALU instructions, and can also be loaded directly from memory. A wave may have up to 512 total
+        # VGPRs, 256 of each type. When a wave has fewer than 512 total VGPRs, the number of each type is flexible - it is
+        # not required to be equal numbers of both types.
+        if is_cdna():
+            NUM_GPRS = NUM_REGS * 2
+
+        # MAX_NUM_THREADS represents maximum number of resident threads per multi-processor.
+        # When we divide this number with WARP_SIZE we get maximum number of waves that can
+        # execute on a CU (multi-processor)  in parallel.
+        MAX_NUM_THREADS = properties["max_threads_per_sm"]
+        max_num_waves = MAX_NUM_THREADS // WARP_SIZE
+        occupancy = min(NUM_GPRS // WARP_SIZE // n_regs, max_num_waves) // num_warps
+    else:
+        occupancy = NUM_REGS // (n_regs * WARP_SIZE * num_warps)
+    occupancy = min(occupancy, SIZE_SMEM // size_smem)
+    num_programs = NUM_SM * occupancy
 
     num_programs = min(num_programs, n_rows)