diff --git a/projects/hip-tests/catch/hipTestMain/config/config_nvidia_linux_common.json b/projects/hip-tests/catch/hipTestMain/config/config_nvidia_linux_common.json
index 84df4337fb..baa25636a0 100644
--- a/projects/hip-tests/catch/hipTestMain/config/config_nvidia_linux_common.json
+++ b/projects/hip-tests/catch/hipTestMain/config/config_nvidia_linux_common.json
@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@
 	   "=== Below test fails in external CI for PR https://github.com/ROCm-Developer-Tools/hip-tests/pull/85 ===",
 	   "Unit_hipFuncSetAttribute_Negative_Parameters",
 	   "=== Below test fails in external CI for PR https://github.com/ROCm-Developer-Tools/hip-tests/pull/215 ===",
-     "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_1D - long",
-     "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_1D - unsigned long",
-     "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_1D - ulong1",
-     "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_1D - signed long",
-     "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_1D - long1",
-     "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_2D - ulong2",
-     "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_2D - long2",
-     "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_3D - ulong3",
-     "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_3D - long3",
-     "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_4D - ulong4",
-     "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_4D - long4"
+	   "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_1D - long",
+	   "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_1D - unsigned long",
+	   "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_1D - ulong1",
+	   "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_1D - signed long",
+	   "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_1D - long1",
+	   "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_2D - ulong2",
+	   "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_2D - long2",
+	   "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_3D - ulong3",
+	   "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_3D - long3",
+	   "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_4D - ulong4",
+	   "Unit_ChannelDescriptor_Positive_Basic_4D - long4",
+	   "=== Below test fails in external CI for PR https://github.com/ROCm-Developer-Tools/hip-tests/pull/38 ===",
+	   "Unit_hipFreeAsync_negative"
 	]
 }
diff --git a/projects/hip-tests/catch/unit/memory/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/hip-tests/catch/unit/memory/CMakeLists.txt
index 46d8bdf994..1608574891 100644
--- a/projects/hip-tests/catch/unit/memory/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/hip-tests/catch/unit/memory/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ set(TEST_SRC
     hipMemAdvise_old.cc
     hipMemAdvise.cc
     hipMemRangeGetAttributes.cc
+    hipFreeAsync.cc
     hipMallocAsync.cc
     hipStreamAttachMemAsync.cc
     hipMemRangeGetAttributes_old.cc
diff --git a/projects/hip-tests/catch/unit/memory/hipFreeAsync.cc b/projects/hip-tests/catch/unit/memory/hipFreeAsync.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6962189655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/hip-tests/catch/unit/memory/hipFreeAsync.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+Copyright (c) 2022 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+#include <hip_test_common.hh>
+
+TEST_CASE("Unit_hipFreeAsync_negative") {
+  HIP_CHECK(hipSetDevice(0));
+  void* p = nullptr;
+  hipStream_t stream{nullptr};
+  hipStreamCreate(&stream);
+
+  SECTION("dev_ptr is nullptr") { REQUIRE(hipFreeAsync(nullptr, stream) != hipSuccess); }
+
+  SECTION("invalid stream handle") {
+    HIP_CHECK(hipMallocAsync(static_cast<void**>(&p), 100, stream));
+    HIP_CHECK(hipStreamSynchronize(stream));
+    hipError_t error = hipFreeAsync(p, reinterpret_cast<hipStream_t>(-1));
+    HIP_CHECK(hipFreeAsync(p, stream));
+    HIP_CHECK(hipStreamSynchronize(stream));
+    REQUIRE(error != hipSuccess);
+  }
+
+  HIP_CHECK(hipStreamSynchronize(stream));
+  HIP_CHECK(hipStreamDestroy(stream));
+}