diff --git a/test/distributed/test_c10d_nccl.py b/test/distributed/test_c10d_nccl.py
index 884b6481f1af..1055a664e4ad 100644
--- a/test/distributed/test_c10d_nccl.py
+++ b/test/distributed/test_c10d_nccl.py
@@ -684,6 +684,56 @@ class ProcessGroupNCCLGroupTest(MultiProcessTestCase):
         except ModuleNotFoundError:
             self._helper_test_extra_cuda_context_by_memory()
 
+    @requires_nccl()
+    @skip_if_lt_x_gpu(2)
+    def test_extra_cuda_context_sync_ops(self):
+        # Loop a bunch of sync ops and see if any of them creates extra context.
+        # Requires nvml to check number of processes resident on a device.
+        try:
+            import pynvml
+
+            pynvml.nvmlInit()
+        except Exception:
+            self.skipTest("pynvml not available")
+
+        # Check if non-0 ranks would create extra CUDA context on device 0
+        store = c10d.FileStore(self.file_name, self.world_size)
+        device = torch.device(f"cuda:{self.rank:d}")
+        c10d.init_process_group(
+            backend="nccl",
+            store=store,
+            rank=self.rank,
+            world_size=self.world_size,
+            device_id=device,
+        )
+
+        x = torch.empty((1,), device=device)
+        y = torch.empty((self.world_size,), device=device)
+
+        c10d.all_reduce(x)
+        c10d.reduce(x, dst=0)
+        c10d.broadcast(x, src=0)
+        c10d.all_gather_into_tensor(y, x)
+        c10d.reduce_scatter_tensor(x, y)
+        c10d.barrier()
+
+        # Wait a bit for remote processes to touch my device
+        if self.rank == 0:
+            time.sleep(5)
+
+        handle = pynvml.nvmlDeviceGetHandleByIndex(self.rank)
+        processes = pynvml.nvmlDeviceGetComputeRunningProcesses(handle)
+        nprocs = len(processes)
+
+        # Don't exit till rank 0 is done with the nvml detection
+        c10d.barrier()
+        c10d.destroy_process_group()
+        self.assertLessEqual(
+            nprocs,
+            1,
+            f"Found {nprocs} processes creating contexts on {device}, expecting 1 at most",
+        )
+
     @requires_nccl()
     @skip_but_pass_in_sandcastle_if(not TEST_MULTIGPU, "NCCL test requires 2+ GPUs")
     def test_destruct_before_terminate_pg(self):