diff --git a/include/xgboost/collective/socket.h b/include/xgboost/collective/socket.h
index a025edddd409..4bc285a515c5 100644
--- a/include/xgboost/collective/socket.h
+++ b/include/xgboost/collective/socket.h
@@ -538,13 +538,10 @@ class TCPSocket {
   [[nodiscard]] HandleT const &Handle() const { return handle_; }
   /**
    * @brief Listen to incoming requests. Should be called after bind.
+   *
+   *   Both the default and minimum backlog is set to 256.
    */
-  [[nodiscard]] Result Listen(std::int32_t backlog = 16) {
-    if (listen(handle_, backlog) != 0) {
-      return system::FailWithCode("Failed to listen.");
-    }
-    return Success();
-  }
+  [[nodiscard]] Result Listen(std::int32_t backlog = 256);
   /**
    * @brief Bind socket to INADDR_ANY, return the port selected by the OS.
    */
diff --git a/src/collective/socket.cc b/src/collective/socket.cc
index aedddbcfb670..e37648c8edd3 100644
--- a/src/collective/socket.cc
+++ b/src/collective/socket.cc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 #include "xgboost/collective/socket.h"
 
+#include <algorithm>     // for max
 #include <array>         // for array
 #include <cstddef>       // for size_t
 #include <cstdint>       // for int32_t
@@ -56,6 +57,14 @@ SockAddrV4 SockAddrV4::InaddrAny() { return MakeSockAddress("0.0.0.0", 0).V4();
 SockAddrV6 SockAddrV6::Loopback() { return MakeSockAddress("::1", 0).V6(); }
 SockAddrV6 SockAddrV6::InaddrAny() { return MakeSockAddress("::", 0).V6(); }
 
+[[nodiscard]] Result TCPSocket::Listen(std::int32_t backlog) {
+  backlog = std::max(backlog, 256);
+  if (listen(this->handle_, backlog) != 0) {
+    return system::FailWithCode("Failed to listen.");
+  }
+  return Success();
+}
+
 std::size_t TCPSocket::Send(StringView str) {
   CHECK(!this->IsClosed());
   CHECK_LT(str.size(), std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::max());
diff --git a/src/collective/tracker.cc b/src/collective/tracker.cc
index b1081fe8e789..0b0431e4b860 100644
--- a/src/collective/tracker.cc
+++ b/src/collective/tracker.cc
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ RabitTracker::RabitTracker(Json const& config) : Tracker{config} {
     listener_ = TCPSocket::Create(addr.IsV4() ? SockDomain::kV4 : SockDomain::kV6);
     return listener_.Bind(host_, &this->port_);
   } << [&] {
-    return listener_.Listen();
+    CHECK_GT(this->n_workers_, 0);
+    return listener_.Listen(this->n_workers_);
   };
   SafeColl(rc);
 }
diff --git a/src/common/device_helpers.cuh b/src/common/device_helpers.cuh
index 1678c8786010..c774df32fada 100644
--- a/src/common/device_helpers.cuh
+++ b/src/common/device_helpers.cuh
@@ -203,13 +203,6 @@ __global__ void LaunchNKernel(size_t begin, size_t end, L lambda) {
     lambda(i);
   }
 }
-template <typename L>
-__global__ void LaunchNKernel(int device_idx, size_t begin, size_t end,
-                              L lambda) {
-  for (auto i : GridStrideRange(begin, end)) {
-    lambda(i, device_idx);
-  }
-}
 
 /* \brief A wrapper around kernel launching syntax, used to guard against empty input.
  *
diff --git a/src/tree/gpu_hist/row_partitioner.cuh b/src/tree/gpu_hist/row_partitioner.cuh
index 8eb5fb7f7de5..a23a443ed92e 100644
--- a/src/tree/gpu_hist/row_partitioner.cuh
+++ b/src/tree/gpu_hist/row_partitioner.cuh
@@ -177,11 +177,10 @@ void SortPositionBatch(Context const* ctx, common::Span<const PerNodeData<OpData
 
   // Value found by experimentation
   const int kItemsThread = 12;
-  const int grid_size = xgboost::common::DivRoundUp(total_rows, kBlockSize * kItemsThread);
-
-  SortPositionCopyKernel<kBlockSize, OpDataT>
-      <<<grid_size, kBlockSize, 0, ctx->CUDACtx()->Stream()>>>(batch_info_itr, ridx, ridx_tmp,
-                                                               total_rows);
+  std::uint32_t const kGridSize =
+      xgboost::common::DivRoundUp(total_rows, kBlockSize * kItemsThread);
+  dh::LaunchKernel{kGridSize, kBlockSize, 0, ctx->CUDACtx()->Stream()}(
+      SortPositionCopyKernel<kBlockSize, OpDataT>, batch_info_itr, ridx, ridx_tmp, total_rows);
 }
 
 struct NodePositionInfo {
@@ -211,13 +210,14 @@ XGBOOST_DEV_INLINE int GetPositionFromSegments(std::size_t idx,
   return position;
 }
 
-template <int kBlockSize, typename RowIndexT, typename OpT>
+template <int kBlockSize, typename OpT>
 __global__ __launch_bounds__(kBlockSize) void FinalisePositionKernel(
-    const common::Span<const NodePositionInfo> d_node_info, bst_idx_t base_ridx,
-    const common::Span<const RowIndexT> d_ridx, common::Span<bst_node_t> d_out_position, OpT op) {
+    common::Span<const NodePositionInfo> d_node_info, bst_idx_t base_ridx,
+    common::Span<const cuda_impl::RowIndexT> d_ridx, common::Span<bst_node_t> d_out_position,
+    OpT op) {
   for (auto idx : dh::GridStrideRange<std::size_t>(0, d_ridx.size())) {
     auto position = GetPositionFromSegments(idx, d_node_info.data());
-    RowIndexT ridx = d_ridx[idx] - base_ridx;
+    cuda_impl::RowIndexT ridx = d_ridx[idx] - base_ridx;
     bst_node_t new_position = op(ridx, position);
     d_out_position[ridx] = new_position;
   }
@@ -377,12 +377,14 @@ class RowPartitioner {
                                   sizeof(NodePositionInfo) * ridx_segments_.size(),
                                   cudaMemcpyDefault, ctx->CUDACtx()->Stream()));
 
-    constexpr int kBlockSize = 512;
+    constexpr std::uint32_t kBlockSize = 512;
     const int kItemsThread = 8;
-    const int grid_size = xgboost::common::DivRoundUp(ridx_.size(), kBlockSize * kItemsThread);
+    const std::uint32_t grid_size =
+        xgboost::common::DivRoundUp(ridx_.size(), kBlockSize * kItemsThread);
     common::Span<RowIndexT const> d_ridx{ridx_.data(), ridx_.size()};
-    FinalisePositionKernel<kBlockSize><<<grid_size, kBlockSize, 0, ctx->CUDACtx()->Stream()>>>(
-        dh::ToSpan(d_node_info_storage), base_ridx, d_ridx, d_out_position, op);
+    dh::LaunchKernel{grid_size, kBlockSize, 0, ctx->CUDACtx()->Stream()}(
+        FinalisePositionKernel<kBlockSize, FinalisePositionOpT>, dh::ToSpan(d_node_info_storage),
+        base_ridx, d_ridx, d_out_position, op);
   }
 };
 };  // namespace xgboost::tree
diff --git a/tests/cpp/tree/gpu_hist/test_row_partitioner.cu b/tests/cpp/tree/gpu_hist/test_row_partitioner.cu
index 76d3c7d07692..04d26cda8e26 100644
--- a/tests/cpp/tree/gpu_hist/test_row_partitioner.cu
+++ b/tests/cpp/tree/gpu_hist/test_row_partitioner.cu
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
 #include "../../../../src/data/ellpack_page.cuh"
 #include "../../../../src/tree/gpu_hist/expand_entry.cuh"  // for GPUExpandEntry
 #include "../../../../src/tree/gpu_hist/row_partitioner.cuh"
-#include "../../../../src/tree/param.h"  // for TrainParam
-#include "../../helpers.h"               // for RandomDataGenerator
+#include "../../../../src/tree/param.h"    // for TrainParam
+#include "../../collective/test_worker.h"  // for TestDistributedGlobal
+#include "../../helpers.h"                 // for RandomDataGenerator
 
 namespace xgboost::tree {
 void TestUpdatePositionBatch() {
@@ -61,7 +62,9 @@ void TestSortPositionBatch(const std::vector<int>& ridx_in, const std::vector<Se
   thrust::device_vector<cuda_impl::RowIndexT> ridx_tmp(ridx_in.size());
   thrust::device_vector<cuda_impl::RowIndexT> counts(segments.size());
 
-  auto op = [=] __device__(auto ridx, int split_index, int data) { return ridx % 2 == 0; };
+  auto op = [=] __device__(auto ridx, int split_index, int data) {
+    return ridx % 2 == 0;
+  };
   std::vector<int> op_data(segments.size());
   std::vector<PerNodeData<int>> h_batch_info(segments.size());
   dh::TemporaryArray<PerNodeData<int>> d_batch_info(segments.size());
@@ -79,7 +82,9 @@ void TestSortPositionBatch(const std::vector<int>& ridx_in, const std::vector<Se
                                        dh::ToSpan(ridx_tmp), dh::ToSpan(counts), total_rows, op,
                                        &tmp);
 
-  auto op_without_data = [=] __device__(auto ridx) { return ridx % 2 == 0; };
+  auto op_without_data = [=] __device__(auto ridx) {
+    return ridx % 2 == 0;
+  };
   for (size_t i = 0; i < segments.size(); i++) {
     auto begin = ridx.begin() + segments[i].begin;
     auto end = ridx.begin() + segments[i].end;
@@ -93,7 +98,7 @@ void TestSortPositionBatch(const std::vector<int>& ridx_in, const std::vector<Se
   }
 }
 
-TEST(GpuHist, SortPositionBatch) {
+TEST(RowPartitioner, SortPositionBatch) {
   TestSortPositionBatch({0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {{0, 3}, {3, 6}});
   TestSortPositionBatch({0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {{0, 1}, {3, 6}});
   TestSortPositionBatch({0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {{0, 6}});
@@ -178,4 +183,34 @@ void TestExternalMemory() {
 }  // anonymous namespace
 
 TEST(RowPartitioner, LeafPartitionExternalMemory) { TestExternalMemory(); }
+
+namespace {
+void TestEmptyNode(std::int32_t n_workers) {
+  collective::TestDistributedGlobal(n_workers, [] {
+    auto ctx = MakeCUDACtx(DistGpuIdx());
+    RowPartitioner partitioner;
+    bst_idx_t n_samples = (collective::GetRank() == 0) ? 0 : 1024;
+    bst_idx_t base_rowid = 0;
+    partitioner.Reset(&ctx, n_samples, base_rowid);
+    std::vector<RegTree::Node> splits(1);
+    partitioner.UpdatePositionBatch(
+        &ctx, {0}, {1}, {2}, splits,
+        [] XGBOOST_DEVICE(bst_idx_t ridx, std::int32_t /*nidx_in_batch*/, RegTree::Node) {
+          return ridx < 3;
+        });
+    ASSERT_EQ(partitioner.GetNumNodes(), 3);
+    if (collective::GetRank() == 0) {
+      for (std::size_t i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
+        ASSERT_TRUE(partitioner.GetRows(i).empty());
+      }
+    }
+    ctx.CUDACtx()->Stream().Sync();
+  });
+}
+}  // anonymous namespace
+
+TEST(RowPartitioner, MGPUEmpty) {
+  std::int32_t n_workers = curt::AllVisibleGPUs();
+  TestEmptyNode(n_workers);
+}
 }  // namespace xgboost::tree