diff --git a/projects/hip/bin/hipcc b/projects/hip/bin/hipcc
index d173d761dd..792d1da59a 100755
--- a/projects/hip/bin/hipcc
+++ b/projects/hip/bin/hipcc
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ if ($buildDeps and $HIP_PLATFORM eq 'clang') {
 
 if ($useCodeObjectV3 and $HIP_PLATFORM eq 'clang') {
     $HIPCXXFLAGS .= " -mcode-object-v3";
-} else {
+} elsif ($HIP_PLATFORM eq 'clang') {
     $HIPCXXFLAGS .= " -mno-code-object-v3";
 }