diff --git a/tinygrad/device.py b/tinygrad/device.py
index b56f1e6691..3ebebb07a7 100644
--- a/tinygrad/device.py
+++ b/tinygrad/device.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class _Device:
       return device
     except StopIteration as exc: raise RuntimeError("no usable devices") from exc
 Device = _Device()
+atexit.register(lambda: [Device[dn].finalize() for dn in Device._opened_devices])
 
 # **************** Profile ****************
 
@@ -300,6 +301,11 @@ class Compiled:
     Called at the end of profiling to allow the device to finalize any profiling.
     """
     # override this in your device implementation
+  def finalize(self):
+    """
+    Called at the end of process lifetime to allow the device to finalize.
+    """
+    # override this in your device implementation
 
 # TODO: move this to each Device
 def is_dtype_supported(dtype:DType, device:Optional[str]=None) -> bool:
diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_amd.py b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_amd.py
index daba3e35b7..ba21fa7603 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_amd.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_amd.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 from typing import Any, cast
-import os, ctypes, ctypes.util, functools, mmap, errno, array, contextlib, sys, select, atexit
+import os, ctypes, ctypes.util, functools, mmap, errno, array, contextlib, sys, select
 assert sys.platform != 'win32'
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from tinygrad.runtime.support.hcq import HCQCompiled, HCQAllocator, HCQBuffer, HWQueue, CLikeArgsState, HCQSignal, HCQProgram, HWInterface
@@ -601,8 +601,6 @@ class AMDDevice(HCQCompiled):
     self.max_private_segment_size = 0
     self._ensure_has_local_memory(128) # set default scratch size to 128 bytes per thread
 
-    atexit.register(self.device_fini)
-
   def create_queue(self, queue_type, ring_size, ctx_save_restore_size=0, eop_buffer_size=0, ctl_stack_size=0, debug_memory_size=0):
     ring = self.dev_iface.alloc(ring_size, uncached=True, cpu_access=True)
     gart = self.dev_iface.alloc(0x1000, uncached=True, cpu_access=True)
@@ -632,6 +630,6 @@ class AMDDevice(HCQCompiled):
 
   def on_device_hang(self): self.dev_iface.on_device_hang()
 
-  def device_fini(self):
+  def finalize(self):
     self.synchronize()
     if hasattr(self.dev_iface, 'device_fini'): self.dev_iface.device_fini()
diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/support/am/amdev.py b/tinygrad/runtime/support/am/amdev.py
index ee117d9495..7ce9deae09 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/support/am/amdev.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/support/am/amdev.py
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ class AMDev:
     if DEBUG >= 2: print(f"am {self.devfmt}: boot done")
 
   def fini(self):
+    if DEBUG >= 2: print(f"am {self.devfmt}: Finalizing")
     for ip in [self.sdma, self.gfx]: ip.fini()
     self.smu.set_clocks(level=0)
     self.ih.interrupt_handler()