diff --git a/hipamd/include/hip/nvidia_detail/nvidia_hip_runtime_api.h b/hipamd/include/hip/nvidia_detail/nvidia_hip_runtime_api.h
index 76da17e1a4..a53d68e72e 100644
--- a/hipamd/include/hip/nvidia_detail/nvidia_hip_runtime_api.h
+++ b/hipamd/include/hip/nvidia_detail/nvidia_hip_runtime_api.h
@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@ inline static hipError_t hipPointerGetAttributes(hipPointerAttribute_t* attribut
                 attributes->memoryType = hipMemoryTypeHost;
                 break;
             default:
-                return hipErrorUnknown;
+                return hipErrorInvalidValue;
         }
         attributes->device = cPA.device;
         attributes->devicePointer = cPA.devicePointer;