diff --git a/flang/include/flang/Runtime/CUDA/pointer.h b/flang/include/flang/Runtime/CUDA/pointer.h
index 2197d85f4b93e..78c7a1a92b7ea 100644
--- a/flang/include/flang/Runtime/CUDA/pointer.h
+++ b/flang/include/flang/Runtime/CUDA/pointer.h
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ int RTDECL(CUFPointerAllocate)(Descriptor &, int64_t stream = -1,
     bool hasStat = false, const Descriptor *errMsg = nullptr,
     const char *sourceFile = nullptr, int sourceLine = 0);
 
+/// Perform allocation of the descriptor with synchronization of it when
+/// necessary.
+int RTDECL(CUFPointerAllocateSync)(Descriptor &, int64_t stream = -1,
+    bool hasStat = false, const Descriptor *errMsg = nullptr,
+    const char *sourceFile = nullptr, int sourceLine = 0);
+
 /// Perform allocation of the descriptor without synchronization. Assign data
 /// from source.
 int RTDEF(CUFPointerAllocateSource)(Descriptor &pointer,
@@ -28,6 +34,13 @@ int RTDEF(CUFPointerAllocateSource)(Descriptor &pointer,
     const Descriptor *errMsg = nullptr, const char *sourceFile = nullptr,
     int sourceLine = 0);
 
+/// Perform allocation of the descriptor with synchronization of it when
+/// necessary. Assign data from source.
+int RTDEF(CUFPointerAllocateSourceSync)(Descriptor &pointer,
+    const Descriptor &source, int64_t stream = -1, bool hasStat = false,
+    const Descriptor *errMsg = nullptr, const char *sourceFile = nullptr,
+    int sourceLine = 0);
+
 } // extern "C"
 
 } // namespace Fortran::runtime::cuda
diff --git a/flang/lib/Optimizer/Transforms/CUFOpConversion.cpp b/flang/lib/Optimizer/Transforms/CUFOpConversion.cpp
index b0d6b0f0993a6..7292ce741b85b 100644
--- a/flang/lib/Optimizer/Transforms/CUFOpConversion.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Optimizer/Transforms/CUFOpConversion.cpp
@@ -172,18 +172,22 @@ struct CUFAllocateOpConversion
         isPointer = true;
 
     if (hasDoubleDescriptors(op)) {
-      if (isPointer)
-        TODO(loc, "pointer allocation with double descriptors");
       // Allocation for module variable are done with custom runtime entry point
       // so the descriptors can be synchronized.
       mlir::func::FuncOp func;
-      if (op.getSource())
-        func = fir::runtime::getRuntimeFunc<mkRTKey(
-            CUFAllocatableAllocateSourceSync)>(loc, builder);
-      else
+      if (op.getSource()) {
+        func = isPointer ? fir::runtime::getRuntimeFunc<mkRTKey(
+                               CUFPointerAllocateSourceSync)>(loc, builder)
+                         : fir::runtime::getRuntimeFunc<mkRTKey(
+                               CUFAllocatableAllocateSourceSync)>(loc, builder);
+      } else {
         func =
-            fir::runtime::getRuntimeFunc<mkRTKey(CUFAllocatableAllocateSync)>(
-                loc, builder);
+            isPointer
+                ? fir::runtime::getRuntimeFunc<mkRTKey(CUFPointerAllocateSync)>(
+                      loc, builder)
+                : fir::runtime::getRuntimeFunc<mkRTKey(
+                      CUFAllocatableAllocateSync)>(loc, builder);
+      }
       return convertOpToCall<cuf::AllocateOp>(op, rewriter, func);
     }
 
diff --git a/flang/runtime/CUDA/pointer.cpp b/flang/runtime/CUDA/pointer.cpp
index 35f373b0a56c3..3252410bd8d2c 100644
--- a/flang/runtime/CUDA/pointer.cpp
+++ b/flang/runtime/CUDA/pointer.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "../assign-impl.h"
 #include "../stat.h"
 #include "../terminator.h"
+#include "flang/Runtime/CUDA/descriptor.h"
 #include "flang/Runtime/CUDA/memmove-function.h"
 #include "flang/Runtime/pointer.h"
 
@@ -35,6 +36,24 @@ int RTDEF(CUFPointerAllocate)(Descriptor &desc, int64_t stream, bool hasStat,
   return stat;
 }
 
+int RTDEF(CUFPointerAllocateSync)(Descriptor &desc, int64_t stream,
+    bool hasStat, const Descriptor *errMsg, const char *sourceFile,
+    int sourceLine) {
+  int stat{RTNAME(CUFPointerAllocate)(
+      desc, stream, hasStat, errMsg, sourceFile, sourceLine)};
+#ifndef RT_DEVICE_COMPILATION
+  // Descriptor synchronization is only done when the allocation is done
+  // from the host.
+  if (stat == StatOk) {
+    void *deviceAddr{
+        RTNAME(CUFGetDeviceAddress)((void *)&desc, sourceFile, sourceLine)};
+    RTNAME(CUFDescriptorSync)
+    ((Descriptor *)deviceAddr, &desc, sourceFile, sourceLine);
+  }
+#endif
+  return stat;
+}
+
 int RTDEF(CUFPointerAllocateSource)(Descriptor &pointer,
     const Descriptor &source, int64_t stream, bool hasStat,
     const Descriptor *errMsg, const char *sourceFile, int sourceLine) {
@@ -48,6 +67,19 @@ int RTDEF(CUFPointerAllocateSource)(Descriptor &pointer,
   return stat;
 }
 
+int RTDEF(CUFPointerAllocateSourceSync)(Descriptor &pointer,
+    const Descriptor &source, int64_t stream, bool hasStat,
+    const Descriptor *errMsg, const char *sourceFile, int sourceLine) {
+  int stat{RTNAME(CUFPointerAllocateSync)(
+      pointer, stream, hasStat, errMsg, sourceFile, sourceLine)};
+  if (stat == StatOk) {
+    Terminator terminator{sourceFile, sourceLine};
+    Fortran::runtime::DoFromSourceAssign(
+        pointer, source, terminator, &MemmoveHostToDevice);
+  }
+  return stat;
+}
+
 RT_EXT_API_GROUP_END
 
 } // extern "C"
diff --git a/flang/test/Fir/CUDA/cuda-allocate.fir b/flang/test/Fir/CUDA/cuda-allocate.fir
index 804bb8636685d..b8457b846716e 100644
--- a/flang/test/Fir/CUDA/cuda-allocate.fir
+++ b/flang/test/Fir/CUDA/cuda-allocate.fir
@@ -198,16 +198,61 @@ func.func @_QPpointer_source() {
   %c0_i32 = arith.constant 0 : i32
   %c1 = arith.constant 1 : index
   %c0 = arith.constant 0 : index
-  %0 = fir.alloca !fir.box<!fir.heap<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>> {bindc_name = "a", uniq_name = "_QFpointer_sourceEa"}
-  %4 = fir.declare %0 {fortran_attrs = #fir.var_attrs<allocatable>, uniq_name = "_QFpointer_sourceEa"} : (!fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.heap<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>>) -> !fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.heap<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>>
-  %5 = cuf.alloc !fir.box<!fir.heap<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>> {bindc_name = "a_d", data_attr = #cuf.cuda<device>, uniq_name = "_QFpointer_sourceEa_d"} -> !fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.heap<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>>
-  %7 = fir.declare %5 {data_attr = #cuf.cuda<device>, fortran_attrs = #fir.var_attrs<pointer>, uniq_name = "_QFpointer_sourceEa_d"} : (!fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.heap<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>>) -> !fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.heap<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>>
-  %8 = fir.load %4 : !fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.heap<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>>
-  %22 = cuf.allocate %7 : !fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.heap<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>> source(%8 : !fir.box<!fir.heap<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>) {data_attr = #cuf.cuda<device>} -> i32
+  %0 = fir.alloca !fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>> {bindc_name = "a", uniq_name = "_QFpointer_sourceEa"}
+  %4 = fir.declare %0 {fortran_attrs = #fir.var_attrs<allocatable>, uniq_name = "_QFpointer_sourceEa"} : (!fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>>) -> !fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>>
+  %5 = cuf.alloc !fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>> {bindc_name = "a_d", data_attr = #cuf.cuda<device>, uniq_name = "_QFpointer_sourceEa_d"} -> !fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>>
+  %7 = fir.declare %5 {data_attr = #cuf.cuda<device>, fortran_attrs = #fir.var_attrs<pointer>, uniq_name = "_QFpointer_sourceEa_d"} : (!fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>>) -> !fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>>
+  %8 = fir.load %4 : !fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>>
+  %22 = cuf.allocate %7 : !fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>> source(%8 : !fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>) {data_attr = #cuf.cuda<device>} -> i32
   return
 }
 
 // CHECK-LABEL: func.func @_QPpointer_source()
 // CHECK: _FortranACUFPointerAllocateSource
 
+fir.global @_QMdataEb2 {data_attr = #cuf.cuda<device>} : !fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?xi32>>> {
+  %c0 = arith.constant 0 : index
+  %0 = fir.zero_bits !fir.ptr<!fir.array<?xi32>>
+  %1 = fir.shape %c0 : (index) -> !fir.shape<1>
+  %2 = fir.embox %0(%1) {allocator_idx = 2 : i32} : (!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?xi32>>, !fir.shape<1>) -> !fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?xi32>>>
+  fir.has_value %2 : !fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?xi32>>>
+}
+
+func.func @_QQpointer_sync() attributes {fir.bindc_name = "test"} {
+  %c0_i32 = arith.constant 0 : i32
+  %c10_i32 = arith.constant 10 : i32
+  %c1 = arith.constant 1 : index
+  %0 = fir.address_of(@_QMdataEb2) : !fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?xi32>>>>
+  %1 = fir.declare %0 {data_attr = #cuf.cuda<device>, fortran_attrs = #fir.var_attrs<pointer>, uniq_name = "_QMdataEb"} : (!fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?xi32>>>>) -> (!fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?xi32>>>>)
+  %2 = fir.convert %1 : (!fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?xi32>>>>) -> !fir.ref<!fir.box<none>>
+  %3 = fir.convert %c1 : (index) -> i64
+  %4 = fir.convert %c10_i32 : (i32) -> i64
+  fir.call @_FortranAAllocatableSetBounds(%2, %c0_i32, %3, %4) fastmath<contract> : (!fir.ref<!fir.box<none>>, i32, i64, i64) -> ()
+  %6 = cuf.allocate %1 : !fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?xi32>>>> {data_attr = #cuf.cuda<device>} -> i32
+  return
+}
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: func.func @_QQpointer_sync()
+// CHECK: _FortranACUFPointerAllocateSync
+
+fir.global @_QMmod1Ea_d2 {data_attr = #cuf.cuda<device>} : !fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>> {
+  %c0 = arith.constant 0 : index
+  %0 = fir.zero_bits !fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>
+  %1 = fir.shape %c0, %c0 : (index, index) -> !fir.shape<2>
+  %2 = fir.embox %0(%1) {allocator_idx = 2 : i32} : (!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>, !fir.shape<2>) -> !fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>
+  fir.has_value %2 : !fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>
+}
+func.func @_QMmod1Ppointer_source_global() {
+  %0 = fir.address_of(@_QMmod1Ea_d2) : !fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>>
+  %1 = fir.declare %0 {data_attr = #cuf.cuda<device>, fortran_attrs = #fir.var_attrs<pointer>, uniq_name = "_QMmod1Ea_d"} : (!fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>>) -> !fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>>
+  %2 = fir.alloca !fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>> {bindc_name = "a", uniq_name = "_QMmod1Fallocate_source_globalEa"}
+  %6 = fir.declare %2 {fortran_attrs = #fir.var_attrs<allocatable>, uniq_name = "_QMmod1Fallocate_source_globalEa"} : (!fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>>) -> !fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>>
+  %7 = fir.load %6 : !fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>>
+  %21 = cuf.allocate %1 : !fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>> source(%7 : !fir.box<!fir.ptr<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>>) {data_attr = #cuf.cuda<device>} -> i32
+  return
+}
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: func.func @_QMmod1Ppointer_source_global()
+// CHECK: fir.call @_FortranACUFPointerAllocateSourceSync
+
 } // end of module