diff --git a/include/nccl-headers/nvidia/tuner.h b/include/nccl-headers/nvidia/tuner.h
index d0192fe67..e4d6c6c37 100644
--- a/include/nccl-headers/nvidia/tuner.h
+++ b/include/nccl-headers/nvidia/tuner.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ typedef enum {
   ncclNumFuncs = 8
 } ncclFunc_t;
 
-#define NCCL_NUM_ALGORITHMS 6 // Tree/Ring/CollNet*
+#define NCCL_NUM_ALGORITHMS 7 // Tree/Ring/CollNet*
 #define NCCL_ALGO_UNDEF -1
 #define NCCL_ALGO_TREE 0
 #define NCCL_ALGO_RING 1
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ typedef enum {
 #define NCCL_ALGO_COLLNET_CHAIN 3
 #define NCCL_ALGO_NVLS 4
 #define NCCL_ALGO_NVLS_TREE 5
+#define NCCL_ALGO_PAT 6
 
 #define NCCL_NUM_PROTOCOLS 3 // Simple/LL/LL128
 #define NCCL_PROTO_UNDEF -1
diff --git a/src/tuner/nccl_ofi_tuner.c b/src/tuner/nccl_ofi_tuner.c
index 7926b3f9b..87325c8c0 100644
--- a/src/tuner/nccl_ofi_tuner.c
+++ b/src/tuner/nccl_ofi_tuner.c
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ ncclResult_t nccl_ofi_tuner_get_coll_info(void *context,
 		protocol = nccl_ofi_tuner_ctx->regions[i].protocol;
 		if (table[algorithm][protocol] == NCCL_ALGO_PROTO_IGNORE || algorithm >= numAlgo ||
 		    protocol >= numProto) {
+			/* Either NCCL says this combination is not valid/applicable or the algorithm or protocol is
+			 * not in the table, hence it is not supported by this NCCL version. */
 			continue;
 		}
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/show_tuner_decisions.c b/tests/unit/show_tuner_decisions.c
index ffd65b8a3..0ec1831cf 100644
--- a/tests/unit/show_tuner_decisions.c
+++ b/tests/unit/show_tuner_decisions.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 #include "nccl_ofi_tuner.h"
 
-static const char *algo_names[] = { "tree", "ring", "collnet_direct", "collnet_chain", "nvls", "nvlstree" };
+static const char *algo_names[] = { "tree", "ring", "collnet_direct", "collnet_chain", "nvls", "nvlstree" , "pat" };
 static const char *proto_names[] = { "ll", "ll128", "simple" };
 void dummy_logger(ncclDebugLogLevel level, unsigned long flags, const char *file, int line, const char *fmt, ...) { return; };