diff --git a/include/ck_tile/ops/gemm/pipeline/gemm_pipeline_ag_bg_cr_mem.hpp b/include/ck_tile/ops/gemm/pipeline/gemm_pipeline_ag_bg_cr_mem.hpp
index 8a2198f85c..4a3f860276 100644
--- a/include/ck_tile/ops/gemm/pipeline/gemm_pipeline_ag_bg_cr_mem.hpp
+++ b/include/ck_tile/ops/gemm/pipeline/gemm_pipeline_ag_bg_cr_mem.hpp
@@ -147,12 +147,14 @@ struct GemmPipelineAgBgCrMem : public BaseGemmPipelineAgBgCrMem<Problem>
     template <>
     struct PipelineImpl<GemmPipelineScheduler::Intrawave>
     {
-        template <typename BlockTile, typename SrcTileWindow>
-        CK_TILE_DEVICE void GlobalPrefetch(BlockTile& block_tile,
+        template <typename DstBlockTile, typename SrcTileWindow>
+        CK_TILE_DEVICE void GlobalPrefetch(DstBlockTile& dst_block_tile,
                                            SrcTileWindow& dram_tile_window) const
         {
-            load_tile_raw(block_tile, dram_tile_window);
+            // TODO: we need to have an api of load_tile which takes as param output tile
+            load_tile_raw(dst_block_tile, dram_tile_window);
             move_tile_window(dram_tile_window, {0, KPerBlock});
+            buffer_load_fence();
         }
 
         template <typename DstTileWindow, typename SrcBlockTile, typename ElementFunction>
@@ -216,6 +218,8 @@ struct GemmPipelineAgBgCrMem : public BaseGemmPipelineAgBgCrMem<Problem>
                                  make_tuple(number<MPerBlock>{}, number<KPerBlock>{}),
                                  a_dram_block_window_tmp.get_window_origin(),
                                  Policy::template MakeADramTileDistribution<Problem>());
+            a_copy_dram_window.init_raw();
+
             // A LDS tile window for store
             auto a_copy_lds_window =
                 make_tile_window(a_lds_block,
@@ -228,6 +232,8 @@ struct GemmPipelineAgBgCrMem : public BaseGemmPipelineAgBgCrMem<Problem>
                                  make_tuple(number<NPerBlock>{}, number<KPerBlock>{}),
                                  b_dram_block_window_tmp.get_window_origin(),
                                  Policy::template MakeBDramTileDistribution<Problem>());
+            b_copy_dram_window.init_raw();
+
             // B LDS tile window for store
             auto b_copy_lds_window =
                 make_tile_window(b_lds_block,
@@ -283,7 +289,7 @@ struct GemmPipelineAgBgCrMem : public BaseGemmPipelineAgBgCrMem<Problem>
             LocalPrefill(a_copy_lds_window, a_block_tiles.get(I0{}), a_element_func);
             LocalPrefill(b_copy_lds_window, b_block_tiles.get(I0{}), b_element_func);
 
-            // Global prefetch [2, PrefetchStages]
+            // Global prefetch [1, PrefetchStages]
             static_for<1, PrefetchStages, 1>{}([&](auto prefetch_idx) {
                 GlobalPrefetch(a_block_tiles.get(number<prefetch_idx>{}), a_copy_dram_window);
                 GlobalPrefetch(b_block_tiles.get(number<prefetch_idx>{}), b_copy_dram_window);
@@ -295,7 +301,7 @@ struct GemmPipelineAgBgCrMem : public BaseGemmPipelineAgBgCrMem<Problem>
                 index_t i = 0;
                 do
                 {
-                    static_for<1, PrefetchStages, 1>{}([&](auto prefetch_idx) {
+                    static_for<0, PrefetchStages, 1>{}([&](auto prefetch_idx) {
                         block_sync_lds();
                         // block_gemm.LocalPrefetch();
                         block_gemm(c_block_tile, a_lds_gemm_window, b_lds_gemm_window);
@@ -330,10 +336,10 @@ struct GemmPipelineAgBgCrMem : public BaseGemmPipelineAgBgCrMem<Problem>
 
                     block_sync_lds();
                     LocalPrefill(a_copy_lds_window,
-                                 a_block_tiles.get(number<(prefetch_idx + 1) % PrefetchStages>{}),
+                                 a_block_tiles.get(number<prefetch_idx>{}),
                                  a_element_func);
                     LocalPrefill(b_copy_lds_window,
-                                 b_block_tiles.get(number<(prefetch_idx + 1) % PrefetchStages>{}),
+                                 b_block_tiles.get(number<prefetch_idx>{}),
                                  b_element_func);
                 });