diff --git a/projects/clr/hipamd/rocclr/hip_context.cpp b/projects/clr/hipamd/rocclr/hip_context.cpp
index 52797cbadc..5b4bdb73ab 100755
--- a/projects/clr/hipamd/rocclr/hip_context.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/hipamd/rocclr/hip_context.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ void init() {
   if (!amd::Runtime::initialized()) {
     amd::IS_HIP = true;
     GPU_NUM_MEM_DEPENDENCY = 0;
-    AMD_DIRECT_DISPATCH = flagIsDefault(AMD_DIRECT_DISPATCH) ? IS_LINUX : AMD_DIRECT_DISPATCH;
+    AMD_DIRECT_DISPATCH = flagIsDefault(AMD_DIRECT_DISPATCH) ? false : AMD_DIRECT_DISPATCH;
     amd::Runtime::init();
   }