diff --git a/mlx/backend/cpu/eval.cpp b/mlx/backend/cpu/eval.cpp
index 3b7cd7977..dd9cab983 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/cpu/eval.cpp
+++ b/mlx/backend/cpu/eval.cpp
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ void finalize(
   auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(s);
   encoder.dispatch([s,
                     buffers = std::move(retain_buffers),
-                    temps = std::move(encoder.temporaries())]() {
-  });
+                    temps = std::move(encoder.temporaries())]() {});
 }
 
 } // namespace mlx::core::cpu
diff --git a/python/tests/mlx_distributed_tests.py b/python/tests/mlx_distributed_tests.py
index 5feb51bc9..5926489da 100644
--- a/python/tests/mlx_distributed_tests.py
+++ b/python/tests/mlx_distributed_tests.py
@@ -65,21 +65,18 @@ class MLXDistributedCommonTestCase(mlx_tests.MLXTestCase):
 
     def test_donation(self):
         x = mx.random.normal((1024,))
+        scale = mx.array(2.0)
         mx.eval(x)
         mx.synchronize()
 
         mx.reset_peak_memory()
-        scale = mx.array(2.0)
-        y = mx.distributed.all_sum(x)
-        mx.eval(y)
-        mx.synchronize()
-        all_sum_only = mx.get_peak_memory()
-        y = mx.distributed.all_sum(x) * scale
-        mx.eval(y)
-        mx.synchronize()
-        all_sum_with_binary = mx.get_peak_memory()
 
-        self.assertEqual(all_sum_only, all_sum_with_binary)
+        # Everything should be donated so peak memory is unchanged
+        x = mx.distributed.all_sum(x) * scale
+        mx.eval(x)
+        mx.synchronize()
+
+        self.assertEqual(mx.get_peak_memory(), 0)
 
     def test_shard_linear(self):
         # Seed the prng to have the same inputs and weights generated everywhere
diff --git a/python/tests/test_load.py b/python/tests/test_load.py
index 341564dae..6105ed38f 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_load.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_load.py
@@ -391,9 +391,12 @@ class TestLoad(mlx_tests.MLXTestCase):
         scale = mx.array(2.0)
         y = mx.load(save_file)
         mx.eval(y)
+
+        mx.synchronize()
         load_only = mx.get_peak_memory()
         y = mx.load(save_file) * scale
         mx.eval(y)
+        mx.synchronize()
         load_with_binary = mx.get_peak_memory()
 
         self.assertEqual(load_only, load_with_binary)