diff --git a/dsv4/kernels/attention/fmha_qk_verify.cuh b/dsv4/kernels/attention/fmha_qk_verify.cuh
index 396b6ca8..3d4628d6 100644
--- a/dsv4/kernels/attention/fmha_qk_verify.cuh
+++ b/dsv4/kernels/attention/fmha_qk_verify.cuh
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ fmha_qk_verify(
     }
     __syncthreads();
 
+    // SKIP TMEM — just test SMEM loads and scalar QK
+    // No TMEM alloc, no MMA
+    /*
     // TMEM alloc for S: 128 columns
     if (wid == 0) {
         uint32_t smem_ptr = __cvta_generic_to_shared(sTmemBase);
@@ -55,6 +58,8 @@ fmha_qk_verify(
     }
     __syncthreads();
     uint32_t tmem_base = *sTmemBase;
+    */
+    uint32_t tmem_base = 0;  // dummy
 
     // Zero TMEM S
     if (wid == 0) {