diff --git a/nemo/collections/asr/parts/submodules/multi_head_attention.py b/nemo/collections/asr/parts/submodules/multi_head_attention.py
index a0253524419e..6a866a617f35 100644
--- a/nemo/collections/asr/parts/submodules/multi_head_attention.py
+++ b/nemo/collections/asr/parts/submodules/multi_head_attention.py
@@ -377,12 +377,6 @@ def forward(self, query, key, value, pad_mask, pos_emb, cache=None):
 
             scores += d_mask
 
-            attn = torch.softmax(scores, dim=-1).masked_fill(mask, 0.0)
-            attn = self.dropout(attn)
-            # (batch, head, time, 2w + 1)
-
-            out = self.sliding_chunks_matmul_pv(attn, v, w).reshape(n_batch, -1, self.h * self.d_k)
-
             if self.global_tokens > 0:
 
                 # create q, k, v for global attn
@@ -426,21 +420,34 @@ def forward(self, query, key, value, pad_mask, pos_emb, cache=None):
                     is_local_index_no_global_attn_nonzero=is_local_index_no_global_attn_nonzero,
                 ).transpose(1, 2)
 
-                global_key_attn = torch.softmax(global_key_attn, dim=-1).masked_fill(mask, 0.0)
-                global_key_attn = self.dropout(global_key_attn)
+                # concat to local_attn_probs
+                # (batch, time, head, max_num_global_attn_indices + 2*w)
+                scores = torch.cat((global_key_attn, scores), dim=-1)
 
-                # compute outputs for global attention from all tokens to global
-                # (batch, time, head x head_dim)
-                out_all_to_global = self._compute_out_all_to_global(
-                    value=global_v,
-                    attn_probs=global_key_attn,
+                # free memory
+                del global_key_attn
+
+            attn = torch.softmax(scores, dim=-1).masked_fill(mask, 0.0)
+            p_attn = self.dropout(attn)
+            # (batch, head, time, 2w + 1)
+
+            if self.global_tokens > 0:
+                # compute sum of global and local attn
+                out = self._compute_attn_output_with_global_indices(
+                    value=v,
+                    attn_probs=p_attn,
                     max_num_global_attn_indices=max_num_global_attn_indices,
                     is_index_global_attn_nonzero=is_index_global_attn_nonzero,
                     is_local_index_global_attn_nonzero=is_local_index_global_attn_nonzero,
+                    w=w,
                 )
+            else:
+                # compute local attn only
+                out = self.sliding_chunks_matmul_pv(p_attn, v, w)
+
+            out = out.reshape(n_batch, -1, self.h * self.d_k)[:, :T]
 
-                # compute outputs for global attention from global tokens to all
-                # (batch, max_num_global_attn_indices, head x head_dim)
+            if self.global_tokens > 0:
                 out_global_to_all = self._compute_out_global_to_all(
                     query=global_q,
                     key=global_k,
@@ -452,11 +459,11 @@ def forward(self, query, key, value, pad_mask, pos_emb, cache=None):
                     is_index_masked=mask,
                 )
 
-                out += out_all_to_global
+                # overwrite values with global attention
+                out[is_index_global_attn_nonzero] = out_global_to_all
 
-                out[is_index_global_attn_nonzero] += out_global_to_all
+        ret = self.linear_out(out)
 
-        ret = self.linear_out(out.reshape(n_batch, -1, self.h * self.d_k)[:, :T])
         if cache is None:
             return ret
         else:
@@ -544,16 +551,17 @@ def _compute_global_key_attn(
 
         return attn_probs_from_global_key
 
-    def _compute_out_all_to_global(
+    def _compute_attn_output_with_global_indices(
         self,
         value: torch.Tensor,
         attn_probs: torch.Tensor,
         max_num_global_attn_indices: int,
         is_index_global_attn_nonzero: tuple,
         is_local_index_global_attn_nonzero: tuple,
+        w: int,
     ) -> torch.Tensor:
         """
-        Compute the attention output of all tokens attending to global.
+        Compute the attention output with global indices.
 
         Args:
             value (torch.Tensor): (batch, head, time, head_dim) The value vectors for global attention.
@@ -561,7 +569,7 @@ def _compute_out_all_to_global(
             max_num_global_attn_indices (int): Maximum number of global attention indices in the batch.
             is_index_global_attn_nonzero (tuple): Indices of global attention (non-zero elements).
             is_local_index_global_attn_nonzero (tuple): Non-padding values within global attention indices.
-
+            w (int): Local context size
         Returns:
             torch.Tensor: (batch, time, head x head_dim) The attention output of all tokens attending to global.
         """
@@ -573,12 +581,22 @@ def _compute_out_all_to_global(
         value_vectors_only_global = value.new_zeros(batch_size, max_num_global_attn_indices, self.h, self.d_k)
         value_vectors_only_global[is_local_index_global_attn_nonzero] = value[is_index_global_attn_nonzero]
 
+        # cut local attn probs to global only
+        attn_probs_only_global = attn_probs.narrow(-1, 0, max_num_global_attn_indices)
         # compute attn output only global
-        out_all_to_global = torch.matmul(attn_probs, value_vectors_only_global.transpose(1, 2)).transpose(1, 2)
+        attn_output_only_global = torch.matmul(
+            attn_probs_only_global.clone(), value_vectors_only_global.transpose(1, 2).clone()
+        ).transpose(1, 2)
+
+        # reshape attn probs
+        attn_probs_without_global = attn_probs.narrow(
+            -1, max_num_global_attn_indices, attn_probs.size(-1) - max_num_global_attn_indices
+        ).contiguous()
 
-        out_all_to_global = out_all_to_global.reshape(batch_size, time, -1)
+        # compute attn output with global
+        attn_output_without_global = self.sliding_chunks_matmul_pv(attn_probs_without_global, value.transpose(1, 2), w)
 
-        return out_all_to_global
+        return attn_output_only_global + attn_output_without_global
 
     def _compute_out_global_to_all(
         self,