diff --git a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/GpuExec.scala b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/GpuExec.scala
index 850a04f390f..bc67366d347 100644
--- a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/GpuExec.scala
+++ b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/GpuExec.scala
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ object GpuMetric extends Logging {
   val DELETION_VECTOR_SIZE = "deletionVectorSize"
   val CONCAT_HEADER_TIME = "concatHeaderTime"
   val CONCAT_BUFFER_TIME = "concatBufferTime"
+  val COPY_TO_HOST_TIME = "d2hMemCopyTime"
 
   // Metric Descriptions.
   val DESCRIPTION_BUFFER_TIME = "buffer time"
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ object GpuMetric extends Logging {
   val DESCRIPTION_DELETION_VECTOR_SIZE = "deletion vector size"
   val DESCRIPTION_CONCAT_HEADER_TIME = "concat header time"
   val DESCRIPTION_CONCAT_BUFFER_TIME = "concat buffer time"
+  val DESCRIPTION_COPY_TO_HOST_TIME = "deviceToHost memory copy time"
 
   def unwrap(input: GpuMetric): SQLMetric = input match {
     case w :WrappedGpuMetric => w.sqlMetric
diff --git a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/GpuPartitioning.scala b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/GpuPartitioning.scala
index bb279d847aa..4fbc612591b 100644
--- a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/GpuPartitioning.scala
+++ b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/GpuPartitioning.scala
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.vectorized.ColumnarBatch
 object GpuPartitioning {
   // The maximum size of an Array minus a bit for overhead for metadata
   val MaxCpuBatchSize = 2147483639L - 2048L
-
-  // The SQLMetric key for MemoryCopyFromDeviceToHost
-  val CopyToHostTime: String = "d2hMemCpyTime"
 }
 
 trait GpuPartitioning extends Partitioning {
@@ -129,16 +126,23 @@ trait GpuPartitioning extends Partitioning {
     val totalInputSize = GpuColumnVector.getTotalDeviceMemoryUsed(partitionColumns)
     val mightNeedToSplit = totalInputSize > GpuPartitioning.MaxCpuBatchSize
 
-    val hostPartColumns = withResource(partitionColumns) { _ =>
-      withRetryNoSplit {
-        partitionColumns.safeMap(_.copyToHostAsync(Cuda.DEFAULT_STREAM))
+    // We have to wrap the NvtxWithMetrics over both copyToHostAsync and corresponding CudaSync,
+    // because the copyToHostAsync calls above are not guaranteed to be asynchronous (e.g.: when
+    // the copy is from pageable memory, and we're not guaranteed to be using pinned memory).
+    val hostPartColumns = withResource(
+      new NvtxWithMetrics("PartitionD2H", NvtxColor.CYAN, memCopyTime)) { _ =>
+      val hostColumns = withResource(partitionColumns) { _ =>
+        withRetryNoSplit {
+          partitionColumns.safeMap(_.copyToHostAsync(Cuda.DEFAULT_STREAM))
+        }
       }
-    }
-    withResource(hostPartColumns) { _ =>
-      withResource(new NvtxWithMetrics("PartitionD2H", NvtxColor.CYAN, memCopyTime)) { _ =>
+      closeOnExcept(hostColumns) { _ =>
         Cuda.DEFAULT_STREAM.sync()
       }
+      hostColumns
+    }
 
+    withResource(hostPartColumns) { _ =>
       // Leaving the GPU for a while
       GpuSemaphore.releaseIfNecessary(TaskContext.get())
 
@@ -248,13 +252,13 @@ trait GpuPartitioning extends Partitioning {
     }
   }
 
-  private var memCopyTime: Option[GpuMetric] = None
+  private var memCopyTime: GpuMetric = NoopMetric
 
   /**
    * Setup sub-metrics for the performance debugging of GpuPartition. This method is expected to
    * be called at the query planning stage. Therefore, this method is NOT thread safe.
    */
   def setupDebugMetrics(metrics: Map[String, GpuMetric]): Unit = {
-    memCopyTime = metrics.get(GpuPartitioning.CopyToHostTime).getOrElse(NoopMetric)
+    metrics.get(GpuMetric.COPY_TO_HOST_TIME).foreach(memCopyTime = _)
   }
 }
diff --git a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/execution/GpuShuffleExchangeExecBase.scala b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/execution/GpuShuffleExchangeExecBase.scala
index fa755de3dc9..0e1b857317c 100644
--- a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/execution/GpuShuffleExchangeExecBase.scala
+++ b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/execution/GpuShuffleExchangeExecBase.scala
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ abstract class GpuShuffleExchangeExecBase(
     PARTITION_SIZE -> createMetric(ESSENTIAL_LEVEL, DESCRIPTION_PARTITION_SIZE),
     NUM_PARTITIONS -> createMetric(ESSENTIAL_LEVEL, DESCRIPTION_NUM_PARTITIONS),
     NUM_OUTPUT_ROWS -> createMetric(ESSENTIAL_LEVEL, DESCRIPTION_NUM_OUTPUT_ROWS),
-    NUM_OUTPUT_BATCHES -> createMetric(MODERATE_LEVEL, DESCRIPTION_NUM_OUTPUT_BATCHES)
+    NUM_OUTPUT_BATCHES -> createMetric(MODERATE_LEVEL, DESCRIPTION_NUM_OUTPUT_BATCHES),
+    COPY_TO_HOST_TIME -> createNanoTimingMetric(DEBUG_LEVEL, DESCRIPTION_COPY_TO_HOST_TIME)
   ) ++ additionalMetrics
 
   override def nodeName: String = "GpuColumnarExchange"
@@ -294,8 +295,6 @@ object GpuShuffleExchangeExecBase {
   val METRIC_DESC_SHUFFLE_SER_COPY_HEADER_TIME = "RAPIDS shuffle serialization copy header time"
   val METRIC_SHUFFLE_SER_COPY_BUFFER_TIME = "rapidsShuffleSerializationCopyBufferTime"
   val METRIC_DESC_SHUFFLE_SER_COPY_BUFFER_TIME = "RAPIDS shuffle serialization copy buffer time"
-  val METRIC_COPY_TO_HOST_TIME = GpuPartitioning.CopyToHostTime
-  val METRIC_DESC_COPY_TO_HOST_TIME = "RAPIDS shuffle DeviceToHost copy time"
 
   def createAdditionalExchangeMetrics(gpu: GpuExec): Map[String, GpuMetric] = Map(
     // dataSize and dataReadSize are uncompressed, one is on write and the other on read
@@ -324,9 +323,7 @@ object GpuShuffleExchangeExecBase {
     METRIC_SHUFFLE_SER_COPY_HEADER_TIME ->
         gpu.createNanoTimingMetric(DEBUG_LEVEL, METRIC_DESC_SHUFFLE_SER_COPY_HEADER_TIME),
     METRIC_SHUFFLE_SER_COPY_BUFFER_TIME ->
-        gpu.createNanoTimingMetric(DEBUG_LEVEL, METRIC_DESC_SHUFFLE_SER_COPY_BUFFER_TIME),
-    METRIC_COPY_TO_HOST_TIME ->
-        gpu.createNanoTimingMetric(DEBUG_LEVEL, METRIC_DESC_COPY_TO_HOST_TIME)
+        gpu.createNanoTimingMetric(DEBUG_LEVEL, METRIC_DESC_SHUFFLE_SER_COPY_BUFFER_TIME)
   )
 
   def prepareBatchShuffleDependency(
@@ -371,7 +368,7 @@ object GpuShuffleExchangeExecBase {
     // Inject debugging subMetrics, such as D2HTime before SliceOnCpu
     // The injected metrics will be serialized as the members of GpuPartitioning
     partitioner match {
-      case pt: GpuPartitioning => pt.setupDebugMetrics(additionalMetrics)
+      case pt: GpuPartitioning => pt.setupDebugMetrics(metrics)
       case _ =>
     }
     val partitionTime: GpuMetric = metrics(METRIC_SHUFFLE_PARTITION_TIME)