diff --git a/tensorrt_llm/_mnnvl_utils.py b/tensorrt_llm/_mnnvl_utils.py
index 5d168447f9..2436f30c82 100644
--- a/tensorrt_llm/_mnnvl_utils.py
+++ b/tensorrt_llm/_mnnvl_utils.py
@@ -370,15 +370,32 @@ class HelixCpMnnvlMemory(MnnvlMemory):
         if cls.comm is not None:
             return cls.comm
         comm = mpi_comm().Split(
-            mapping.pp_rank * mapping.tp_size * mapping.moe_tp_size
-            + mapping.tp_rank * mapping.moe_tp_size
-            + mapping.moe_tp_rank,
+            mapping.pp_rank * mapping.tp_size + mapping.tp_rank,
             mapping.cp_rank,
         )
         cls.comm = comm
         return comm
 
 
+def init_helix_cp_comm(mapping: Mapping) -> None:
+    """Pre-initialize the Helix CP communicator.
+
+    This function MUST be called during model initialization when all ranks
+    are synchronized (before any PP pipeline divergence). The MPI Split operation
+    is collective and requires all ranks in the communicator to participate.
+
+    In PP (pipeline parallel) mode, different PP stages execute different parts
+    of the model at different times. If the communicator is initialized lazily
+    during the first forward pass, ranks in different PP stages may not reach
+    the Split operation at the same time, causing a deadlock.
+
+    Args:
+        mapping: The mapping object containing parallelism configuration.
+    """
+    if mapping.has_cp_helix() and not mapping.cp_config.get("use_nccl_for_alltoall", True):
+        HelixCpMnnvlMemory.get_comm(mapping)
+
+
 @dataclass
 class MoEAlltoallInfo:
     local_gather_indices: torch.Tensor
diff --git a/tensorrt_llm/_torch/distributed/communicator.py b/tensorrt_llm/_torch/distributed/communicator.py
index 09bbc234ee..20401b5a24 100644
--- a/tensorrt_llm/_torch/distributed/communicator.py
+++ b/tensorrt_llm/_torch/distributed/communicator.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ try:
 except Exception:
     MPI = None  # deferred; functions will error if used when ENABLE_MULTI_DEVICE is True
 
+from tensorrt_llm._mnnvl_utils import init_helix_cp_comm
 from tensorrt_llm._utils import (mpi_allgather, mpi_barrier, mpi_comm,
                                  mpi_disabled, mpi_isend, mpi_isend_object,
                                  mpi_recv, mpi_recv_object, mpi_send,
@@ -888,6 +889,7 @@ def init_pp_comm(mapping):
         _pp_comm = PPCommTorch(mapping)
     else:
         _pp_comm = PPCommNCCL(mapping)
+    init_helix_cp_comm(mapping)
 
 
 @TorchDist.log_op
diff --git a/tests/integration/defs/accuracy/test_disaggregated_serving.py b/tests/integration/defs/accuracy/test_disaggregated_serving.py
index 2ba2ee1bfe..14bb0cb811 100644
--- a/tests/integration/defs/accuracy/test_disaggregated_serving.py
+++ b/tests/integration/defs/accuracy/test_disaggregated_serving.py
@@ -871,6 +871,7 @@ class TestDeepSeekV3Lite(LlmapiAccuracyTestHarness):
             task = GSM8K(self.MODEL_NAME)
             task.evaluate(llm)
 
+    @skip_pre_blackwell
     @pytest.mark.skip_less_device(8)
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("gen_pp,gen_tp,gen_cp", [(1, 1, 4), (1, 2, 2),
                                                       (2, 1, 2)],
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_dgx_b200.yml b/tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_dgx_b200.yml
index b7a31e57d9..a914a00c53 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_dgx_b200.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_dgx_b200.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ l0_dgx_b200:
       backend: pytorch
       orchestrator: mpi
   tests:
-  - accuracy/test_disaggregated_serving.py::TestDeepSeekV3Lite::test_auto_dtype_with_helix[nccl-cudagraph:with_padding-pp2tp1cp2] TIMEOUT (60)
+  - accuracy/test_disaggregated_serving.py::TestDeepSeekV3Lite::test_auto_dtype_with_helix[fifo-cudagraph:with_padding-pp2tp1cp2] TIMEOUT (60)
   - accuracy/test_disaggregated_serving.py::TestDeepSeekV3Lite::test_auto_dtype_with_helix[fifo-cudagraph:with_padding-pp1tp2cp2] TIMEOUT (60)
   - accuracy/test_disaggregated_serving.py::TestDeepSeekV3Lite::test_auto_dtype_with_helix[fifo-cudagraph:with_padding-pp1tp1cp4] TIMEOUT (60)
   - accuracy/test_llm_api_pytorch.py::TestDeepSeekR1::test_nvfp4_multi_gpus[throughput] TIMEOUT (60)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ l0_dgx_b200:
       backend: pytorch
       orchestrator: mpi
   tests:
-  - accuracy/test_disaggregated_serving.py::TestDeepSeekV3Lite::test_auto_dtype_with_helix[fifo-cudagraph:with_padding-pp2tp1cp2] TIMEOUT (60)
+  - accuracy/test_disaggregated_serving.py::TestDeepSeekV3Lite::test_auto_dtype_with_helix[nccl-cudagraph:with_padding-pp2tp1cp2] TIMEOUT (60)
   - accuracy/test_disaggregated_serving.py::TestDeepSeekV3Lite::test_auto_dtype_with_helix[nccl-cudagraph:with_padding-pp1tp2cp2] TIMEOUT (60)
   - accuracy/test_disaggregated_serving.py::TestDeepSeekV3Lite::test_auto_dtype_with_helix[nccl-cudagraph:with_padding-pp1tp1cp4] TIMEOUT (60)
   - accuracy/test_llm_api_pytorch.py::TestDeepSeekR1::test_nvfp4_multi_gpus_corner_case TIMEOUT (60)