diff --git a/csrc/moe/topk_softmax_kernels.cu b/csrc/moe/topk_softmax_kernels.cu
index 58e8d7ccba10..abacf6502b1c 100644
--- a/csrc/moe/topk_softmax_kernels.cu
+++ b/csrc/moe/topk_softmax_kernels.cu
@@ -329,6 +329,12 @@ __launch_bounds__(WARPS_PER_CTA* WARP_SIZE_PARAM) __global__
     const int thread_row_in_warp = threadIdx.x / THREADS_PER_ROW;
     const int thread_row = warp_base_row + thread_row_in_warp;
 
+#if defined(__CUDA_ARCH__) && __CUDA_ARCH__ >= 900
+    // PDL permits early launch, but logits/metadata still depend on the producer.
+    cudaGridDependencySynchronize();
+    cudaTriggerProgrammaticLaunchCompletion();
+#endif
+
     // Threads with indices out of bounds should early exit here.
     if (thread_row >= num_rows)
     {
@@ -620,8 +626,26 @@ void topkGatingLauncherHelper(const InputType* input, const bool* finished, floa
     const int num_blocks = (num_warps + WARPS_PER_TB - 1) / WARPS_PER_TB;
 
     dim3 block_dim(WARP_SIZE_PARAM, WARPS_PER_TB);
+#ifndef USE_ROCM
+    cudaLaunchConfig_t config{};
+    config.gridDim = dim3(num_blocks);
+    config.blockDim = block_dim;
+    config.stream = stream;
+    cudaLaunchAttribute attr{};
+    attr.id = cudaLaunchAttributeProgrammaticStreamSerialization;
+    attr.val.programmaticStreamSerializationAllowed = 1;
+    config.attrs = &attr;
+    config.numAttrs = 1;
+    auto err = cudaLaunchKernelEx(
+        &config,
+        topkGating<VPT, EXPERTS, WARPS_PER_TB, BYTES_PER_LDG, WARP_SIZE_PARAM, IndType, InputType, SF>,
+        input, finished, output, num_rows, indices, source_row, k, start_expert,
+        end_expert, renormalize, bias, routed_scaling_factor, is_padding);
+    STD_TORCH_CHECK(err == cudaSuccess, "PDL topkGating launch failed: ", cudaGetErrorString(err));
+#else
     topkGating<VPT, EXPERTS, WARPS_PER_TB, BYTES_PER_LDG, WARP_SIZE_PARAM, IndType, InputType, SF><<<num_blocks, block_dim, 0, stream>>>(
         input, finished, output, num_rows, indices, source_row, k, start_expert, end_expert, renormalize, bias, routed_scaling_factor, is_padding);
+#endif
 }
 
 #ifndef USE_ROCM