diff --git a/python/src/triton.cc b/python/src/triton.cc
index e331254d3769..c9ef967fdd3a 100644
--- a/python/src/triton.cc
+++ b/python/src/triton.cc
@@ -1583,54 +1583,58 @@ void init_triton_translation(py::module &m) {
   m.def("compile_ptx_to_cubin",
         [](const std::string &ptxCode, const std::string &ptxasPath,
            int capability) -> py::object {
-          py::gil_scoped_release allow_threads;
+          std::string cubin;
+          {
+            py::gil_scoped_release allow_threads;
 
-          // compile ptx with ptxas
-          llvm::SmallString<64> fsrc;
-          llvm::SmallString<64> flog;
-          llvm::sys::fs::createTemporaryFile("compile-ptx-src", "", fsrc);
-          llvm::sys::fs::createTemporaryFile("compile-ptx-log", "", flog);
-          std::string fbin = std::string(fsrc) + ".o";
-          llvm::FileRemover logRemover(flog);
-          llvm::FileRemover binRemover(fbin);
-          const char *_fsrc = fsrc.c_str();
-          const char *_flog = flog.c_str();
-          const char *_fbin = fbin.c_str();
-          std::ofstream ofs(_fsrc);
-          ofs << ptxCode << std::endl;
-          ofs.close();
-          std::string cmd;
-          int err;
-          cmd = ptxasPath + " -v --gpu-name=sm_" + std::to_string(capability) +
-                (capability == 90 ? "a " : " ") + _fsrc + " -o " + _fsrc +
-                ".o 2> " + _flog;
+            // compile ptx with ptxas
+            llvm::SmallString<64> fsrc;
+            llvm::SmallString<64> flog;
+            llvm::sys::fs::createTemporaryFile("compile-ptx-src", "", fsrc);
+            llvm::sys::fs::createTemporaryFile("compile-ptx-log", "", flog);
+            std::string fbin = std::string(fsrc) + ".o";
+            llvm::FileRemover logRemover(flog);
+            llvm::FileRemover binRemover(fbin);
+            const char *_fsrc = fsrc.c_str();
+            const char *_flog = flog.c_str();
+            const char *_fbin = fbin.c_str();
+            std::ofstream ofs(_fsrc);
+            ofs << ptxCode << std::endl;
+            ofs.close();
+            std::string cmd;
+            int err;
+            cmd = ptxasPath + " -v --gpu-name=sm_" + std::to_string(capability) +
+                  (capability == 90 ? "a " : " ") + _fsrc + " -o " + _fsrc +
+                  ".o 2> " + _flog;
 
-          err = system(cmd.c_str());
-          if (err != 0) {
-            err >>= 8;
-            std::ifstream _log(_flog);
-            std::string log(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(_log), {});
-            if (err == 255) {
-              throw std::runtime_error("Internal Triton PTX codegen error: \n" +
-                                       log);
-            } else if (err == 128 + SIGSEGV) {
-              throw std::runtime_error("Please run `ptxas " + fsrc.str().str() +
-                                       "` to confirm that this is a "
-                                       "bug in `ptxas`\n" +
-                                       log);
+            err = system(cmd.c_str());
+            if (err != 0) {
+              err >>= 8;
+              std::ifstream _log(_flog);
+              std::string log(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(_log), {});
+              if (err == 255) {
+                throw std::runtime_error("Internal Triton PTX codegen error: \n" +
+                                         log);
+              } else if (err == 128 + SIGSEGV) {
+                throw std::runtime_error("Please run `ptxas " + fsrc.str().str() +
+                                         "` to confirm that this is a "
+                                         "bug in `ptxas`\n" +
+                                         log);
+              } else {
+                throw std::runtime_error("`ptxas` failed with error code " +
+                                         std::to_string(err) + ": \n" + log);
+              }
+              return {};
             } else {
-              throw std::runtime_error("`ptxas` failed with error code " +
-                                       std::to_string(err) + ": \n" + log);
+              llvm::FileRemover srcRemover(fsrc);
+              std::ifstream _cubin(_fbin, std::ios::binary);
+              cubin = std::string(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(_cubin), {});
+              _cubin.close();
+              // Do not return here, exit the gil scope and return below
             }
-            return {};
-          } else {
-            llvm::FileRemover srcRemover(fsrc);
-            std::ifstream _cubin(_fbin, std::ios::binary);
-            std::string cubin(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(_cubin), {});
-            _cubin.close();
-            py::bytes bytes(cubin);
-            return std::move(bytes);
           }
+          py::bytes bytes(cubin);
+          return std::move(bytes);
         });
 
   m.def("add_external_libs",