diff --git a/python/raft-dask/raft_dask/common/comms.py b/python/raft-dask/raft_dask/common/comms.py
index 7a0b786ec4..1f2b9f40e8 100644
--- a/python/raft-dask/raft_dask/common/comms.py
+++ b/python/raft-dask/raft_dask/common/comms.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 import time
 import uuid
 import warnings
-from collections import Counter, OrderedDict
+from collections import Counter, OrderedDict, defaultdict
+from typing import Dict
 
 from dask.distributed import default_client
 from dask_cuda.utils import nvml_device_index
@@ -698,8 +699,12 @@ def _func_worker_ranks(client):
     ----------
         client (object): Dask client object.
     """
-    ranks = client.run(_get_nvml_device_index)
-    worker_ips = [_get_worker_ip(worker_address) for worker_address in ranks]
+    nvml_device_index_d = client.run(_get_nvml_device_index)
+    worker_ips = [
+        _get_worker_ip(worker_address)
+        for worker_address in nvml_device_index_d
+    ]
+    ranks = _map_nvml_device_id_to_contiguous_range(nvml_device_index_d)
     worker_ip_offset_dict = _get_rank_offset_across_nodes(worker_ips)
     return _append_rank_offset(ranks, worker_ip_offset_dict)
 
@@ -724,6 +729,38 @@ def _get_worker_ip(worker_address):
     return ":".join(worker_address.split(":")[0:2])
 
 
+def _map_nvml_device_id_to_contiguous_range(nvml_device_index_d: dict) -> dict:
+    """
+    For each worker address in nvml_device_index_d, map the corresponding
+    worker rank in the range(0, num_workers_per_node) where rank is decided
+    by the NVML device index. Worker with the lowest NVML device index gets
+    rank 0, and worker with the highest NVML device index gets rank
+    num_workers_per_node-1.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    nvml_device_index_d : dict
+        Dictionary of worker addresses mapped to their nvml device index.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    dict
+        Updated dictionary with worker addresses mapped to their rank.
+    """
+
+    rank_per_ip: Dict[str, int] = defaultdict(int)
+
+    # Sort by NVML index to ensure that the worker
+    # with the lowest NVML index gets rank 0.
+    for worker, _ in sorted(nvml_device_index_d.items(), key=lambda x: x[1]):
+        ip = _get_worker_ip(worker)
+
+        nvml_device_index_d[worker] = rank_per_ip[ip]
+        rank_per_ip[ip] += 1
+
+    return nvml_device_index_d
+
+
 def _get_rank_offset_across_nodes(worker_ips):
     """
     Get a dictionary of worker IP addresses mapped to the cumulative count of