diff --git a/src/zgetrf_batched.cpp b/src/zgetrf_batched.cpp
index 24a65a90..884d9352 100644
--- a/src/zgetrf_batched.cpp
+++ b/src/zgetrf_batched.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ magma_zgetrf_batched(
             return magma_zgetrf_batched_smallsq_noshfl( m, dA_array, ldda, ipiv_array, info_array, batchCount, queue );
         }
         else{
-            return magma_zgetrf_batched_smallsq_shfl( m, dA_array, ldda, ipiv_array, info_array, batchCount, queue );
+            // magma_cgetrf_batched_smallsq_shfl is broken, therefore let's call noshfl version for arch < 700
+            // return magma_zgetrf_batched_smallsq_shfl( m, dA_array, ldda, ipiv_array, info_array, batchCount, queue );
+            return magma_zgetrf_batched_smallsq_noshfl( m, dA_array, ldda, ipiv_array, info_array, batchCount, queue );
         }
         #else
         return magma_zgetrf_batched_smallsq_noshfl( m, dA_array, ldda, ipiv_array, info_array, batchCount, queue );