diff --git a/cifar/main.py b/cifar/main.py
index 3fe5d2e0..ac010636 100644
--- a/cifar/main.py
+++ b/cifar/main.py
@@ -54,10 +54,7 @@ def train_epoch(model, train_iter, optimizer, epoch):
         with mx.stream(mx.cpu):
             stats = mx.distributed.all_sum(mx.array(stats))
             count = mx.distributed.all_sum(count)
-            mx.eval(stats, count)
-            count = count.item()
-
-            return [s / count for s in stats.tolist()]
+            return (stats / count).tolist()
 
     state = [model.state, optimizer.state]