diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_qcom.py b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_qcom.py
index 63d9be42d0..cd0686e806 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_qcom.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_qcom.py
@@ -329,15 +329,11 @@ class QCOMAllocator(HCQAllocatorBase):
     return self.dev._gpu_map(opts.external_ptr, size) if opts.external_ptr else self.dev._gpu_alloc(size)
 
   def _do_copy(self, src_addr, dest_addr, size, prof_text):
+    self.dev.synchronize()
     with cpu_profile(prof_text, f"{self.dev.device}:COPY"): ctypes.memmove(dest_addr, src_addr, size)
 
-  def _copyin(self, dest:HCQBuffer, src:memoryview):
-    self._do_copy(mv_address(src), dest.cpu_view().addr, src.nbytes, f"TINY -> {self.dev.device}")
-
-  def _copyout(self, dest:memoryview, src:HCQBuffer):
-    self.dev.synchronize()
-
-    self._do_copy(src.cpu_view().addr, mv_address(dest), src.size, f"{self.dev.device} -> TINY")
+  def _copyin(self, dest:HCQBuffer, src:memoryview): self._do_copy(mv_address(src), dest.cpu_view().addr, src.nbytes, f"TINY -> {self.dev.device}")
+  def _copyout(self, dest:memoryview, src:HCQBuffer): self._do_copy(src.cpu_view().addr, mv_address(dest), src.size, f"{self.dev.device} -> TINY")
 
   def _as_buffer(self, src:HCQBuffer) -> memoryview:
     self.dev.synchronize()