diff --git a/GPU/GPUTracking/Global/GPUChainTracking.cxx b/GPU/GPUTracking/Global/GPUChainTracking.cxx
index f370b756e2cdb..5c951053e155b 100644
--- a/GPU/GPUTracking/Global/GPUChainTracking.cxx
+++ b/GPU/GPUTracking/Global/GPUChainTracking.cxx
@@ -1017,6 +1017,6 @@ void GPUChainTracking::ApplySyncSettings(GPUSettingsProcessing& proc, GPUSetting
     proc.rtc.optSpecialCode = syncMode;
   }
   if (dEdxMode != -2) {
-    steps.setBits(gpudatatypes::RecoStep::TPCdEdx, dEdxMode == -1 ? !syncMode : dEdxMode > 0);
+    steps.setBits(gpudatatypes::RecoStep::TPCdEdx, dEdxMode == -1 ? !syncMode : (dEdxMode > 0));
   }
 }
diff --git a/GPU/Workflow/src/GPUWorkflowSpec.cxx b/GPU/Workflow/src/GPUWorkflowSpec.cxx
index 6011cc3dc3e9f..2d5a955a5e911 100644
--- a/GPU/Workflow/src/GPUWorkflowSpec.cxx
+++ b/GPU/Workflow/src/GPUWorkflowSpec.cxx
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ void GPURecoWorkflowSpec::init(InitContext& ic)
   }
   mConfig->configInterface.outputToExternalBuffers = true;
   const bool runTracking = mSpecConfig.outputTracks || mSpecConfig.outputCompClustersRoot || mSpecConfig.outputCompClustersFlat;
-  GPUO2Interface::ApplySyncSettings(mConfig->configProcessing, mConfig->configReconstruction, mConfig->configWorkflow.steps, mConfParam->synchronousProcessing, runTracking ? mConfParam->rundEdx : -2);
 
   // Configure the "GPU workflow" i.e. which steps we run on the GPU (or CPU)
   if (runTracking) {
@@ -196,6 +195,8 @@ void GPURecoWorkflowSpec::init(InitContext& ic)
                                       gpudatatypes::RecoStep::TPCMerging);
     mConfig->configWorkflow.outputs.set(gpudatatypes::InOutType::TPCMergedTracks);
   }
+  GPUO2Interface::ApplySyncSettings(mConfig->configProcessing, mConfig->configReconstruction, mConfig->configWorkflow.steps, mConfParam->synchronousProcessing, runTracking ? mConfParam->rundEdx : -2);
+
   if (mSpecConfig.outputCompClustersRoot || mSpecConfig.outputCompClustersFlat) {
     mConfig->configWorkflow.steps.setBits(gpudatatypes::RecoStep::TPCCompression, true);
     mConfig->configWorkflow.outputs.setBits(gpudatatypes::InOutType::TPCCompressedClusters, true);