diff --git a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/ProcessGroupNCCL.cpp b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/ProcessGroupNCCL.cpp
index 1e6e0d29e6da3..8a6466456e5aa 100644
--- a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/ProcessGroupNCCL.cpp
+++ b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/ProcessGroupNCCL.cpp
@@ -1102,9 +1102,12 @@ bool ProcessGroupNCCL::useNonblocking() {
     useNonblocking_ = nbEnv;
   }
   // 3rd priority: automatically use nonblocking if we are in eager init mode
-  else if (getBoundDeviceId()) {
-    useNonblocking_ = true;
-  }
+  // Note: this automatic selection is disabled in torch 2.7.1 to work around a
+  // hang in NCCL 2.26 in non-blocking mode. We can revisit if NCCL fixes the
+  // bug. See https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/153960
+  // else if (getBoundDeviceId()) {
+  //   useNonblocking_ = true;
+  // }
   // 4th priority: otherwise, nonblocking = false to preserve old behavior
   else {
     useNonblocking_ = false;