diff --git a/include/ck_tile/ops/fmha/pipeline/block_fmha_fwd_splitkv_pipeline_qr_ks_vs.hpp b/include/ck_tile/ops/fmha/pipeline/block_fmha_fwd_splitkv_pipeline_qr_ks_vs.hpp
index 453c337143..8202a78e16 100644
--- a/include/ck_tile/ops/fmha/pipeline/block_fmha_fwd_splitkv_pipeline_qr_ks_vs.hpp
+++ b/include/ck_tile/ops/fmha/pipeline/block_fmha_fwd_splitkv_pipeline_qr_ks_vs.hpp
@@ -212,20 +212,6 @@ struct BlockFmhaFwdSplitKVPipelineQRKSVS
         const auto [seqlen_k_start, seqlen_k_end] = mask.GetTileRangeAlongX(
             q_origin.at(number<0>{}), number<kM0>{}, number<kN0>{}, num_splits, i_split);
 
-        // make sure the first tile is completely located in page-block
-        const index_t adjusted_seqlen_k_start = [&, seqlen_k_start_ = seqlen_k_start] {
-            if constexpr(kIsPagedKV)
-            {
-                return kN0 * integer_divide_floor(seqlen_k_start_, kN0);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                return seqlen_k_start_;
-            }
-        }();
-        const index_t num_total_loop =
-            integer_divide_ceil(seqlen_k_end - adjusted_seqlen_k_start, kN0);
-
         // check early exit if masked and no work to do.
         if constexpr(FmhaMask::IsMasking || kHasUnevenSplits)
         {
@@ -250,6 +236,20 @@ struct BlockFmhaFwdSplitKVPipelineQRKSVS
             }
         }
 
+        // make sure the first tile is completely located in page-block
+        const index_t adjusted_seqlen_k_start = [&, seqlen_k_start_ = seqlen_k_start] {
+            if constexpr(kIsPagedKV)
+            {
+                return kN0 * integer_divide_floor(seqlen_k_start_, kN0);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return seqlen_k_start_;
+            }
+        }();
+        const index_t num_total_loop =
+            integer_divide_ceil(seqlen_k_end - adjusted_seqlen_k_start, kN0);
+
         auto [i_page_block_k, k_dram_block_window] = k_page_block_navigator.make_tile_window(
             k_dram_block_window_tmp, {adjusted_seqlen_k_start, 0});