diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-amd-test.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-amd-test.sh
index 08da34d81..484167f46 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-amd-test.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-amd-test.sh
@@ -209,12 +209,21 @@ if [[ $commands == *"--shard-id="* ]]; then
     wait "${pid}"
     STATUS+=($?)
   done
+  at_least_one_shard_with_tests=0
   for st in "${STATUS[@]}"; do
-    if [[ ${st} -ne 0 ]]; then
+    if [[ ${st} -ne 0 ]] && [[ ${st} -ne 5 ]]; then
       echo "One of the processes failed with $st"
       exit "${st}"
+    elif [[ ${st} -eq 5 ]]; then
+      echo "Shard exited with status 5 (no tests collected) - treating as success"
+    else # This means st is 0
+      at_least_one_shard_with_tests=1
     fi
   done
+  if [[ ${#STATUS[@]} -gt 0 && ${at_least_one_shard_with_tests} -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo "All shards reported no tests collected. Failing the build."
+    exit 1
+  fi
 else
   echo "Render devices: $BUILDKITE_AGENT_META_DATA_RENDER_DEVICES"
   docker run \
diff --git a/.buildkite/test-amd.yaml b/.buildkite/test-amd.yaml
index 1fb8c80b2..044a82c97 100644
--- a/.buildkite/test-amd.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/test-amd.yaml
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ steps:
 - label: Language Models Tests (Extra Standard) %N
   timeout_in_minutes: 45
   mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental]
-  agent_pool: mi325_2
+  agent_pool: mi325_8
   # grade: Blocking
   torch_nightly: true
   source_file_dependencies: