diff --git a/src/enqueue.cc b/src/enqueue.cc
index 1e7384a8c..f2a1e5709 100644
--- a/src/enqueue.cc
+++ b/src/enqueue.cc
@@ -3008,6 +3008,7 @@ ncclResult_t ncclEnqueueCheck(struct ncclInfo* info) {
 
   NCCLCHECKGOTO(taskAppend(info->comm, info), ret, fail);
 
+  info->comm->opCount++;
 exit:
   if (devOld != -1) CUDACHECK(cudaSetDevice(devOld));
   ncclGroupErrCheck(ret);
diff --git a/src/proxy.cc b/src/proxy.cc
index 1bb213f51..387738c2e 100644
--- a/src/proxy.cc
+++ b/src/proxy.cc
@@ -1013,7 +1013,6 @@ ncclResult_t ncclProxyStart(struct ncclComm* comm) {
     ops->nextOps = ops->nextOpsEnd = -1;
     ops->count = 0;
   }
-  comm->opCount++;
   TIME_STOP(1);
   return ncclSuccess;
 }