diff --git a/util/tracer_nvbit/tracer_tool/tracer_tool.cu b/util/tracer_nvbit/tracer_tool/tracer_tool.cu
index b36c33b18..4dbef0e62 100644
--- a/util/tracer_nvbit/tracer_tool/tracer_tool.cu
+++ b/util/tracer_nvbit/tracer_tool/tracer_tool.cu
@@ -34,6 +34,19 @@
 
 #define TRACER_VERSION "5"
 
+static int get_attr_with_kernel_fallback(CUfunction func,
+                                         CUfunction_attribute attr) {
+  int value = 0;
+  CUresult res = cuFuncGetAttribute(&value, attr, func);
+  if (res == CUDA_ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE) {
+    CUdevice dev = 0;
+    if (cuCtxGetDevice(&dev) == CUDA_SUCCESS) {
+      cuKernelGetAttribute(&value, attr, (CUkernel)func, dev);
+    }
+  }
+  return value;
+}
+
 /* Channel used to communicate from GPU to CPU receiving thread */
 #define CHANNEL_SIZE (1l << 20)
 static __managed__ ChannelDev channel_dev;
@@ -502,16 +515,12 @@ static void enter_kernel_launch(CUcontext ctx, CUfunction func,
   }
 
   // Get the number of registers and shared memory size for the kernel
-  int nregs;
-  CUDA_SAFECALL(cuFuncGetAttribute(&nregs, CU_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE_NUM_REGS, func));
-
-  int shmem_static_nbytes;
-  CUDA_SAFECALL(cuFuncGetAttribute(&shmem_static_nbytes,
-                                   CU_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE_SHARED_SIZE_BYTES, func));
-
-  int binary_version;
-  CUDA_SAFECALL(cuFuncGetAttribute(&binary_version,
-                                   CU_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE_BINARY_VERSION, func));
+  int nregs =
+      get_attr_with_kernel_fallback(func, CU_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE_NUM_REGS);
+  int shmem_static_nbytes = get_attr_with_kernel_fallback(
+      func, CU_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE_SHARED_SIZE_BYTES);
+  int binary_version =
+      get_attr_with_kernel_fallback(func, CU_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE_BINARY_VERSION);
 
   // Instrument the kernel if needed
   instrument_function_if_needed(ctx, func);