diff --git a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDBaseComponentTest.cpp b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDBaseComponentTest.cpp
index f950a7a1f1..5618945505 100644
--- a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDBaseComponentTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDBaseComponentTest.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ void KFDBaseComponentTest::SetUp() {
 
     g_baseTest = this;
 
+    m_pAsm = new Assembler(GetGfxVersion(nodeProperties));
+
     ROUTINE_END
 }
 
@@ -86,6 +88,10 @@ void KFDBaseComponentTest::TearDown() {
     EXPECT_SUCCESS(hsaKmtCloseKFD());
     g_baseTest = NULL;
 
+    if (m_pAsm)
+        delete m_pAsm;
+    m_pAsm = nullptr;
+
     ROUTINE_END
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDBaseComponentTest.hpp b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDBaseComponentTest.hpp
index e27baf1cc1..ec3053c3d3 100644
--- a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDBaseComponentTest.hpp
+++ b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDBaseComponentTest.hpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "hsakmt.h"
 #include "OSWrapper.hpp"
 #include "KFDTestUtil.hpp"
+#include "Assemble.hpp"
 
 //  @class KFDBaseComponentTest
 class KFDBaseComponentTest : public testing::Test {
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ class KFDBaseComponentTest : public testing::Test {
     HsaMemFlags m_MemoryFlags;
     HsaNodeInfo m_NodeInfo;
     HSAint32 m_xnack;
+    Assembler* m_pAsm;
 
     // @brief Executed before every test that uses KFDBaseComponentTest class and sets all common settings for the tests.
     virtual void SetUp();