diff --git a/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/src/omp_data.cu b/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/src/omp_data.cu
index 0cd9b57..d369da1 100644
--- a/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/src/omp_data.cu
+++ b/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/src/omp_data.cu
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
 __device__ __shared__ uint32_t usedMemIdx;
 __device__ __shared__ uint32_t usedSlotIdx;
 
-__device__ __shared__ volatile uint8_t
-    parallelLevel[MAX_THREADS_PER_TEAM / WARPSIZE];
+__device__ __shared__ uint8_t parallelLevel[MAX_THREADS_PER_TEAM / WARPSIZE];
 __device__ __shared__ uint16_t threadLimit;
 __device__ __shared__ uint16_t threadsInTeam;
 __device__ __shared__ uint16_t nThreads;
diff --git a/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/src/omptarget-nvptx.h b/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/src/omptarget-nvptx.h
index b85d0a7..cd51538 100644
--- a/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/src/omptarget-nvptx.h
+++ b/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/src/omptarget-nvptx.h
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@
     omptarget_nvptx_simpleMemoryManager;
 extern __device__ __shared__ uint32_t usedMemIdx;
 extern __device__ __shared__ uint32_t usedSlotIdx;
-extern __device__ __shared__ volatile uint8_t
+extern __device__ __shared__ uint8_t
     parallelLevel[MAX_THREADS_PER_TEAM / WARPSIZE];
 extern __device__ __shared__ uint16_t threadLimit;
 extern __device__ __shared__ uint16_t threadsInTeam;
diff --git a/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/src/sync.cu b/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/src/sync.cu
index 191b046..d81aa8f 100644
--- a/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/src/sync.cu
+++ b/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/src/sync.cu
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@
         // Barrier #1 is for synchronization among active threads.
         named_sync(L1_BARRIER, threads);
       }
-    } else {
-      __kmpc_flush(loc_ref);
     } // numberOfActiveOMPThreads > 1
     PRINT0(LD_SYNC, "completed kmpc_barrier\n");
   }
@@ -132,7 +130,7 @@
 
 EXTERN void __kmpc_flush(kmp_Ident *loc) {
   PRINT0(LD_IO, "call kmpc_flush\n");
-  __threadfence();
+  __threadfence_system();
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////