diff --git a/src/core/roctracer.cpp b/src/core/roctracer.cpp
index bba7b1b69c..36821c5733 100644
--- a/src/core/roctracer.cpp
+++ b/src/core/roctracer.cpp
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@ class MemoryPool {
     }
 
     // Pool definition
-    buffer_size_shift_ = properties.buffer_size;
-    buffer_size_ = 1 << buffer_size_shift_;
+    buffer_size_ = properties.buffer_size;
     const size_t pool_size = 2 * buffer_size_;
     pool_begin_ = NULL;
     alloc_fun_(&pool_begin_, pool_size, alloc_arg_);
@@ -272,7 +271,6 @@ class MemoryPool {
   void* alloc_arg_;
 
   // Pool definition
-  size_t buffer_size_shift_;
   size_t buffer_size_;
   char* pool_begin_;
   char* pool_end_;
diff --git a/test/MatrixTranspose_test/MatrixTranspose.cpp b/test/MatrixTranspose_test/MatrixTranspose.cpp
index 46da11567b..dffb0eb984 100644
--- a/test/MatrixTranspose_test/MatrixTranspose.cpp
+++ b/test/MatrixTranspose_test/MatrixTranspose.cpp
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ void init_tracing() {
   std::cout << "# START #############################" << std::endl << std::flush;
   // Allocating tracing pool
   roctracer_properties_t properties{};
-  properties.buffer_size = 12;
+  properties.buffer_size = 0x1000;
   properties.buffer_callback_fun = activity_callback;
   ROCTRACER_CALL(roctracer_open_pool(&properties));
 }
diff --git a/test/tool/tracer_tool.cpp b/test/tool/tracer_tool.cpp
index 7fd50a32a3..dc90625142 100644
--- a/test/tool/tracer_tool.cpp
+++ b/test/tool/tracer_tool.cpp
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ extern "C" PUBLIC_API bool OnLoad(HsaApiTable* table, uint64_t runtime_version,
     printf("    HIP-trace()\n");
     // Allocating tracing pool
     roctracer_properties_t properties{};
-    properties.buffer_size = 12;
+    properties.buffer_size = 0x1000;
     properties.buffer_callback_fun = hcc_activity_callback;
     ROCTRACER_CALL(roctracer_open_pool(&properties));
     ROCTRACER_CALL(roctracer_enable_domain_activity(ACTIVITY_DOMAIN_HCC_OPS));