diff --git a/scripts/skiplist/default/triton_kernels.txt b/scripts/skiplist/default/triton_kernels.txt
index f3a4d1078e..8f96074914 100644
--- a/scripts/skiplist/default/triton_kernels.txt
+++ b/scripts/skiplist/default/triton_kernels.txt
@@ -71,3 +71,4 @@ tests/test_matmul.py::test_op[False-True-True-True-False-None-16-1000-704-800-ra
 tests/test_matmul.py::test_op[False-True-True-True-False-None-16-1000-704-800-ragged-mxfloat8_e4m3fn-mxfloat4_e2m1-8-2-9-True-None-False-False-False]
 tests/test_matmul.py::test_op[False-True-True-True-False-None-16-16-16-1000-batched-float16-float16-5-1-None-False-None-False-False-False]
 tests/test_matmul.py::test_op[False-True-True-True-False-None-16-16-16-1000-batched-float8_e5m2-float8_e5m2-5-1-None-False-None-False-False-False]
+tests/test_matmul.py::test_op[False-False-False-False-False-None-128-1000-700-700-ragged-float16-float16-8-2-1-False-None-False-False-False]
diff --git a/third_party/intel/lib/TritonIntelGPUToLLVM/LoadStoreOpToLLVM.cpp b/third_party/intel/lib/TritonIntelGPUToLLVM/LoadStoreOpToLLVM.cpp
index aaa8dec97a..6c1dcd9d22 100644
--- a/third_party/intel/lib/TritonIntelGPUToLLVM/LoadStoreOpToLLVM.cpp
+++ b/third_party/intel/lib/TritonIntelGPUToLLVM/LoadStoreOpToLLVM.cpp
@@ -2956,10 +2956,7 @@ struct LoadOpConversion : public ConvertOpToLLVMPattern<triton::LoadOp>,
       Value ret;
       // Create a predicated load operation.
       if (pred) {
-        std::optional<bool> enablePredicated =
-            mlir::triton::tools::isEnvValueBool(
-                mlir::triton::tools::getStrEnv("TRITON_INTEL_PREDICATED"));
-        if (!enablePredicated.has_value() || enablePredicated.value())
+        if (triton::tools::getBoolEnv("TRITON_INTEL_PREDICATED"))
           ret = rewriter.create<TritonGEN::PredicatedLoadOp>(
               loc, retTy, addrElem, b.i64_val(alignment), pred, other_);
         else {