diff --git a/bioem_cuda.cu b/bioem_cuda.cu
index 26535b3b1ea8f755766b0ac8df941a512b675996..f2f86bb7c38143c95c6d03e905dca9d5afb93773 100644
--- a/bioem_cuda.cu
+++ b/bioem_cuda.cu
@@ -290,6 +290,11 @@ int bioem_cuda::selectCudaDevice()
 		printf("No CUDA device detected\n");
 		return(1);
 	}
+	/* The following code, doing search for a fastest GPU, 
+	   is temporarily disabled since it causes initialization 
+	   errors on dvl machine. It is safe to ignore warnings
+	   for "bestDeviceSpeed" */
+#if 0	
 	for (int i = 0;i < count;i++)
 	{
 #if CUDA_VERSION > 3010
@@ -314,6 +319,7 @@ int bioem_cuda::selectCudaDevice()
 			bestDeviceSpeed = deviceSpeed;
 		}
 	}
+#endif	
 	if (getenv("GPUDEVICE"))
 	{
 		int device = atoi(getenv("GPUDEVICE"));