diff --git a/tests/fmha_v3_stage_c_example6.py b/tests/fmha_v3_stage_c_example6.py
index 912e8fd5..fd7e05ec 100644
--- a/tests/fmha_v3_stage_c_example6.py
+++ b/tests/fmha_v3_stage_c_example6.py
@@ -207,22 +207,25 @@ class FmhaV3StageCMulti:
         pipeline.pipeline_init_wait(cluster_shape_mn=cl_vmnk)
 
         # ===== TMA LOAD warp =====
-        # GMEM tile coordinate: use the cutlass.range induction variable kt
-        # directly. CuTeDSL's `cutlass.range` doesn't auto-detect a Python `+=`
-        # rebinding as a loop-carried iter_args update — the JIT traces the
-        # body once and captures whatever value `kv_coord` had at trace time,
-        # so an outer `kv_coord = Int32(0)` plus a `kv_coord += 1` inside the
-        # loop bakes 0 into every iteration's TMA descriptor at runtime.
-        # The induction variable IS the loop-carried state, properly tracked.
+        # GMEM tile coordinate: use a manual kv_coord counter.
+        # The induction variable from cutlass.range gets constant-folded by
+        # CuTeDSL's JIT — kt in tBgK[(None, kt)] bakes to 0 at runtime.
+        # Force the initial value to be an SSA value (not a constant literal)
+        # by computing zero as n_kv_tiles - n_kv_tiles. The JIT can't fold
+        # this because n_kv_tiles comes from cute.size() which returns an
+        # SSA Int32. Then kv_coord += 1 is properly tracked as iter_args
+        # on the underlying scf.for.
         if warp_idx == self.tma_warp_id:
             qp.reset(); qh = qp.acquire_and_advance()
             cute.copy(tma_q, tAgQ[(None, Int32(0))], tAsQ[(None, qh.index)], tma_bar_ptr=qh.barrier)
             qp.tail()
             kvp.reset(); pk = kvp.try_acquire()
+            kv_coord = n_kv_tiles - n_kv_tiles  # Force SSA zero (not constant-folded)
             for kt in cutlass.range(0, n_kv_tiles, 1, unroll=1):
                 kvh = kvp.acquire_and_advance(pk)
-                cute.copy(tma_k, tBgK[(None, kt)], tBsK[(None, kvh.index)], tma_bar_ptr=kvh.barrier)
-                cute.copy(tma_v, tVgV[(None, kt)], tVsV[(None, kvh.index)], tma_bar_ptr=kvh.barrier)
+                cute.copy(tma_k, tBgK[(None, kv_coord)], tBsK[(None, kvh.index)], tma_bar_ptr=kvh.barrier)
+                cute.copy(tma_v, tVgV[(None, kv_coord)], tVsV[(None, kvh.index)], tma_bar_ptr=kvh.barrier)
+                kv_coord = kv_coord + Int32(1)
                 pk = cutlass.Boolean(1)
             kvp.tail()