diff --git a/RecoPixelVertexing/PixelTriplets/plugins/CAHitNtupletGeneratorOnGPU.cc b/RecoPixelVertexing/PixelTriplets/plugins/CAHitNtupletGeneratorOnGPU.cc
index 3e16728a002dd..464744594e9a6 100644
--- a/RecoPixelVertexing/PixelTriplets/plugins/CAHitNtupletGeneratorOnGPU.cc
+++ b/RecoPixelVertexing/PixelTriplets/plugins/CAHitNtupletGeneratorOnGPU.cc
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@
 #include "FWCore/Framework/interface/Event.h"
 #include "FWCore/MessageLogger/interface/MessageLogger.h"
 #include "FWCore/ParameterSet/interface/ParameterSetDescription.h"
+#include "FWCore/ServiceRegistry/interface/Service.h"
 #include "FWCore/Utilities/interface/EDMException.h"
 #include "FWCore/Utilities/interface/isFinite.h"
+#include "HeterogeneousCore/CUDAServices/interface/CUDAService.h"
 #include "TrackingTools/DetLayers/interface/BarrelDetLayer.h"
 
 #include "CAHitNtupletGeneratorOnGPU.h"
@@ -92,8 +94,12 @@ CAHitNtupletGeneratorOnGPU::CAHitNtupletGeneratorOnGPU(const edm::ParameterSet&
 #endif
 
   if (m_params.onGPU_) {
-    cudaCheck(cudaMalloc(&m_counters, sizeof(Counters)));
-    cudaCheck(cudaMemset(m_counters, 0, sizeof(Counters)));
+    // allocate pinned host memory only if CUDA is available
+    edm::Service<CUDAService> cs;
+    if (cs and cs->enabled()) {
+      cudaCheck(cudaMalloc(&m_counters, sizeof(Counters)));
+      cudaCheck(cudaMemset(m_counters, 0, sizeof(Counters)));
+    }
   } else {
     m_counters = new Counters();
     memset(m_counters, 0, sizeof(Counters));
@@ -101,17 +107,20 @@ CAHitNtupletGeneratorOnGPU::CAHitNtupletGeneratorOnGPU(const edm::ParameterSet&
 }
 
 CAHitNtupletGeneratorOnGPU::~CAHitNtupletGeneratorOnGPU() {
-  if (m_params.doStats_) {
-    // crash on multi-gpu processes
-    if (m_params.onGPU_) {
-      CAHitNtupletGeneratorKernelsGPU::printCounters(m_counters);
-    } else {
-      CAHitNtupletGeneratorKernelsCPU::printCounters(m_counters);
-    }
-  }
   if (m_params.onGPU_) {
-    cudaFree(m_counters);
+    // print the gpu statistics and free pinned host memory only if CUDA is available
+    edm::Service<CUDAService> cs;
+    if (cs and cs->enabled()) {
+      if (m_params.doStats_) {
+        // crash on multi-gpu processes
+        CAHitNtupletGeneratorKernelsGPU::printCounters(m_counters);
+      }
+      cudaFree(m_counters);
+    }
   } else {
+    if (m_params.doStats_) {
+      CAHitNtupletGeneratorKernelsCPU::printCounters(m_counters);
+    }
     delete m_counters;
   }
 }