diff --git a/comms/ctran/algos/AllGatherP/AlgoImpl.h b/comms/ctran/algos/AllGatherP/AlgoImpl.h
index d0b04033d..2fb0832c1 100644
--- a/comms/ctran/algos/AllGatherP/AlgoImpl.h
+++ b/comms/ctran/algos/AllGatherP/AlgoImpl.h
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ class AlgoImpl {
     }
   }
 
+  // Allocate pipeSync and other internal resources.
+  commResult_t initResources();
+
  private:
   // Wait till either the async initialization is done or hit async error.
   // It is called before execution scheduling any CE copy to the stream.
diff --git a/comms/ctran/algos/AllGatherP/AllGatherP.cc b/comms/ctran/algos/AllGatherP/AllGatherP.cc
index dacb0c545..5d04720d4 100644
--- a/comms/ctran/algos/AllGatherP/AllGatherP.cc
+++ b/comms/ctran/algos/AllGatherP/AllGatherP.cc
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ extern __global__ void ncclKernelAllGatherPInit(
     int* flag,
     CtranAlgoDeviceState* devState);
 
+commResult_t AlgoImpl::initResources() {
+  void* base = nullptr;
+  FB_CUDACHECK(
+      cudaHostAlloc(&base, sizeof(GpeKernelSync), cudaHostAllocDefault));
+
+  resource_.pipeSync = reinterpret_cast<GpeKernelSync*>(base);
+  new (resource_.pipeSync) GpeKernelSync(1 /* numWorkers */);
+  return commSuccess;
+}
+
 commResult_t AlgoImpl::initialize() {
   auto opCount = comm_->ctran_->getOpCount();
   CTRAN_COLL_INFO(
@@ -80,12 +90,7 @@ commResult_t AlgoImpl::initialize() {
       comm_,
       stream_);
 
-  void* base = nullptr;
-  FB_CUDACHECK(
-      cudaHostAlloc(&base, sizeof(GpeKernelSync), cudaHostAllocDefault));
-
-  resource_.pipeSync = reinterpret_cast<GpeKernelSync*>(base);
-  new (resource_.pipeSync) GpeKernelSync(1 /* numWorkers */);
+  FB_COMMCHECK(initResources());
 
   KernelConfig config = KernelConfig(
       KernelConfig::KernelType::ALLGATHERP_INIT,
diff --git a/comms/ncclx/v2_28/meta/rma/tests/RMATest.cc b/comms/ncclx/v2_28/meta/rma/tests/RMATest.cc
index fa2e13c54..e6cc5d3d1 100644
--- a/comms/ncclx/v2_28/meta/rma/tests/RMATest.cc
+++ b/comms/ncclx/v2_28/meta/rma/tests/RMATest.cc
@@ -23,12 +23,7 @@ class RMATest : public NcclxBaseTest {
     NcclxBaseTest::SetUp();
 
     this->comm = createNcclComm(
-        this->globalRank,
-        this->numRanks,
-        this->localRank,
-        false,
-        nullptr,
-        server.get());
+        this->globalRank, this->numRanks, this->localRank, bootstrap_.get());
     ASSERT_NE(this->comm, nullptr);
   }
   void TearDown() override {
@@ -174,6 +169,47 @@ TEST_P(MultiWindowTestParam, multiWindow) {
 class RMATestParam : public RMATest,
                      public ::testing::WithParamInterface<
                          std::tuple<size_t, size_t, bool, MemAllocType, bool>> {
+ protected:
+  // Share a single communicator across all parameterized test cases.
+  // createNcclComm is expensive in multi-node configs (cross-node transport
+  // setup via socket bootstrap). Reusing it avoids per-test-case overhead.
+  static inline ncclComm_t shared_comm_ = nullptr;
+
+  void SetUp() override {
+    setenv("NCCL_CTRAN_ENABLE", "1", 0);
+    setenv("NCCL_CTRAN_IB_EPOCH_LOCK_ENFORCE_CHECK", "true", 0);
+    NcclxBaseTest::SetUp();
+
+    if (shared_comm_ == nullptr) {
+      shared_comm_ = createNcclComm(
+          this->globalRank,
+          this->numRanks,
+          this->localRank,
+          bootstrap_.get());
+      ASSERT_NE(shared_comm_, nullptr);
+    }
+    this->comm = shared_comm_;
+  }
+
+  void TearDown() override {
+    // Barrier to sync all ranks before moving to the next test case.
+    // Ensures no rank starts TearDownTestSuite (ncclCommDestroy) while
+    // another is still using the shared comm.
+    if (shared_comm_ != nullptr) {
+      this->barrier(shared_comm_, nullptr);
+    }
+    // Don't destroy the shared comm — TearDownTestSuite handles it.
+    this->comm = nullptr;
+    EXPECT_TRUE(segments.empty()) << "Not all memory segments were freed";
+    NcclxBaseTest::TearDown();
+  }
+
+  static void TearDownTestSuite() {
+    if (shared_comm_ != nullptr) {
+      ncclCommDestroy(shared_comm_);
+      shared_comm_ = nullptr;
+    }
+  }
 };
 
 TEST_P(RMATestParam, winPutWait) {
@@ -505,7 +541,7 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(
     ::testing::Combine(
         // kNumElements, kNumIters, ctranAllReduce, bufType, userBuf
         ::testing::Values(8192, 8 * 1024 * 1024),
-        ::testing::Values(500),
+        ::testing::Values(50),
         ::testing::Values(true, false),
         ::testing::Values(
             MemAllocType::kMemNcclMemAlloc,
@@ -537,7 +573,20 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(
 class NvlEnabledTestParam
     : public RMATest,
       public ::testing::WithParamInterface<
-          std::tuple<std::vector<enum NCCL_CTRAN_BACKENDS>, bool>> {};
+          std::tuple<std::vector<enum NCCL_CTRAN_BACKENDS>, bool>> {
+ protected:
+  // Skip fixture comm creation — this test creates its own comm with
+  // parameterized backends and never uses the fixture's this->comm.
+  void SetUp() override {
+    setenv("NCCL_CTRAN_ENABLE", "1", 0);
+    setenv("NCCL_CTRAN_IB_EPOCH_LOCK_ENFORCE_CHECK", "true", 0);
+    NcclxBaseTest::SetUp();
+  }
+  void TearDown() override {
+    EXPECT_TRUE(segments.empty()) << "Not all memory segments were freed";
+    NcclxBaseTest::TearDown();
+  }
+};
 
 TEST_P(NvlEnabledTestParam, ncclWinGetAttributes) {
   const auto& [backends, expectNvlEnabled] = GetParam();
@@ -548,9 +597,7 @@ TEST_P(NvlEnabledTestParam, ncclWinGetAttributes) {
       this->globalRank,
       this->numRanks,
       this->localRank,
-      false,
-      nullptr,
-      server.get());
+      bootstrap_.get());
   ASSERT_NE(comm, nullptr);
 
   auto statex = comm->ctranComm_->statex_.get();