diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/paldevice.cpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/paldevice.cpp
index 0faec34786..12b4cc47fe 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/paldevice.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/paldevice.cpp
@@ -1294,6 +1294,15 @@ bool Device::init() {
   info.pSettingsPath = "OCL";
   info.maxSvmSize = static_cast<Pal::gpusize>(OCL_SET_SVM_SIZE * Mi);
 
+  if (IS_LINUX) {
+    //! @note: Linux may have a deadlock if runtime will attempt to reserve
+    //! VA range, which is much bigger than sysmem size
+    size_t maxVirtualReserve = amd::Os::getPhysicalMemSize() << 1;
+    if (info.maxSvmSize > maxVirtualReserve) {
+      info.maxSvmSize = maxVirtualReserve;
+    }
+  }
+
   // PAL init
   if (Pal::Result::Success != Pal::CreatePlatform(info, platformObj_, &platform_)) {
     return false;
diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/utils/flags.hpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/utils/flags.hpp
index ec357bd826..1c48880088 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/utils/flags.hpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/utils/flags.hpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ release(bool, DISABLE_DEFERRED_ALLOC, false,                                  \
         "Disables deferred memory allocation on device")                      \
 release(int, AMD_GPU_FORCE_SINGLE_FP_DENORM, -1,                              \
         "Force denorm for single precision: -1 - don't force, 0 - disable, 1 - enable") \
-release(uint, OCL_SET_SVM_SIZE, 16384,                                      \
+release(uint, OCL_SET_SVM_SIZE, 4*16384,                                      \
         "set SVM space size for discrete GPU")                                \
 debug(uint, OCL_SYSMEM_REQUIREMENT, 2,                                        \
         "Use flag to change the minimum requirement of system memory not to downgrade")        \