diff --git a/vortex-cuda/src/pinned.rs b/vortex-cuda/src/pinned.rs
index 40371a042af..afc3279591c 100644
--- a/vortex-cuda/src/pinned.rs
+++ b/vortex-cuda/src/pinned.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ impl PinnedByteBuffer {
             "pinned host buffer length {logical_len} exceeds capacity {capacity}"
         );
         let event = ctx
-            .new_event(Some(CUevent_flags::CU_EVENT_BLOCKING_SYNC))
+            .new_event(Some(CUevent_flags::CU_EVENT_DISABLE_TIMING))
             .map_err(|e| vortex_err!("failed to create pinned host buffer event: {e}"))?;
         // Keep file-I/O staging cacheable: cudarc's allocator uses write-combined memory,
         // which makes CPU reads expensive.