diff --git a/src/init.cc b/src/init.cc
index 9da0098be..371204eee 100644
--- a/src/init.cc
+++ b/src/init.cc
@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ static ncclResult_t commFree(ncclComm_t comm) {
   return ncclSuccess;
 }
 
+RCCL_PARAM(AllToAllDisable, "ALLTOALL_KERNEL_DISABLE", 0);
+
 static ncclResult_t commAlloc(ncclComm_t* comret, int ndev, int rank) {
   if (ndev < 1) {
     WARN("invalid device count (%d) requested", ndev);
@@ -362,6 +364,9 @@ static ncclResult_t commAlloc(ncclComm_t* comret, int ndev, int rank) {
   // Mark channels as non initialized.
   for (int c=0; c<MAXCHANNELS; c++) comm->channels[c].id = -1;
 
+  comm->alltoallDisable = false;
+  if (rcclParamAllToAllDisable()) comm->alltoallDisable = true;
+
   *comret = comm;
   return ncclSuccess;
 }
@@ -662,7 +667,6 @@ static ncclResult_t checkCollNetSetup(struct ncclComm* comm, int rank, int collN
 
 NCCL_PARAM(CrossNic, "CROSS_NIC", 2);
 NCCL_PARAM(GraphDumpFileRank, "GRAPH_DUMP_FILE_RANK", 0);
-RCCL_PARAM(AllToAllDisable, "ALLTOALL_KERNEL_DISABLE", 0);
 
 static ncclResult_t initTransportsRank(struct ncclComm* comm, ncclUniqueId* commId) {
   // We use 3 AllGathers
@@ -760,6 +764,7 @@ static ncclResult_t initTransportsRank(struct ncclComm* comm, ncclUniqueId* comm
     int fullCudaCompCap;
     int nChannels;
     int gcn;
+    int alltoallDisable;
     struct ncclGraphInfo tree;
     struct ncclGraphInfo ring;
     struct ncclGraphInfo collNet;
@@ -773,6 +778,7 @@ static ncclResult_t initTransportsRank(struct ncclComm* comm, ncclUniqueId* comm
   allGather3Data[rank].gcn = comm->topo->nodes[GPU].nodes[idx].gpu.gcn;
   allGather3Data[rank].nChannels = comm->nChannels = treeGraph.nChannels = ringGraph.nChannels =
     std::min(treeGraph.nChannels, ringGraph.nChannels);
+  allGather3Data[rank].alltoallDisable = comm->alltoallDisable;
   allGather3Data[rank].tree.sameChannels = treeGraph.sameChannels;
   allGather3Data[rank].tree.speedIntra = treeGraph.speedIntra;
   allGather3Data[rank].tree.speedInter = treeGraph.speedInter;
@@ -818,9 +824,11 @@ static ncclResult_t initTransportsRank(struct ncclComm* comm, ncclUniqueId* comm
   struct ncclTopoRanks** allTopoRanks;
   NCCLCHECK(ncclCalloc(&allTopoRanks, comm->nRanks));
   int gcn = allGather3Data[0].gcn;
+  int alltoallDisable = 0;
   for (int i=0; i<nranks; i++) {
     allTopoRanks[i] = &allGather3Data[i].topoRanks;
     gcn = std::min(allGather3Data[i].gcn, gcn);
+    alltoallDisable = std::max(allGather3Data[i].alltoallDisable, alltoallDisable);
     // Make sure we align all ranks so that the tuning is consistent across ranks
     treeGraph.nChannels = ringGraph.nChannels = comm->nChannels = std::min(allGather3Data[i].nChannels, comm->nChannels);
     treeGraph.sameChannels = std::min(allGather3Data[i].tree.sameChannels, treeGraph.sameChannels);
@@ -836,6 +844,10 @@ static ncclResult_t initTransportsRank(struct ncclComm* comm, ncclUniqueId* comm
     collNetGraph.speedInter = std::min(allGather3Data[i].collNet.speedInter, collNetGraph.speedInter);
     collNetGraph.typeIntra = std::min(allGather3Data[i].collNet.typeIntra, collNetGraph.typeIntra);
   }
+  if (comm->alltoallDisable != alltoallDisable) {
+    comm->alltoallDisable = alltoallDisable;
+  }
+  INFO(NCCL_INIT, "RCCL AllToAll/Scatter/Gather kernels %s", comm->alltoallDisable ? "disabled" : "enabled");
 
   if (comm->nChannels < nChannelsOrig) {
     // We started duplicating channels during Preset(), so we need to move the
@@ -927,9 +939,7 @@ static ncclResult_t initTransportsRank(struct ncclComm* comm, ncclUniqueId* comm
   // Compute nChannels per peer for p2p
   NCCLCHECK(ncclTopoComputeP2pChannels(comm));
 
-  comm->alltoallDisable = true;
-  if (rcclParamAllToAllDisable() == 0) {
-    comm->alltoallDisable = false;
+  if (!alltoallDisable) {
     for (int c=0; c<comm->nChannels; c++) {
       const int peersPerChan = (comm->nChannels >= nranks ? 1 : DIVUP(nranks, comm->nChannels));
       struct ncclP2PConnect* connect = &comm->p2plist.connect;
@@ -968,7 +978,6 @@ static ncclResult_t initTransportsRank(struct ncclComm* comm, ncclUniqueId* comm
       connect->nsend[c] = 0;
     }
   }
-  INFO(NCCL_INIT, "RCCL AllToAll/Scatter/Gather kernels %s", comm->alltoallDisable ? "disabled" : "enabled");
   // We should have allocated all buffers, collective fifos, ... we can
   // restore the affinity.
 affinity_restore: