diff --git a/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.cpp b/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.cpp
index c8fa903a15..c792d3eb64 100644
--- a/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.cpp
+++ b/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.cpp
@@ -227,9 +227,12 @@ bool Memory::allocHostMemory(void* initFrom, bool allocHostMem, bool forceCopy)
   return true;
 }
 
-bool Memory::create(void* initFrom, bool sysMemAlloc, bool skipAlloc) {
+bool Memory::create(void* initFrom, bool sysMemAlloc, bool skipAlloc, bool forceAlloc) {
   static const bool forceAllocHostMem = false;
 
+  // Sanity checks (can't defer and force allocations at the same time)
+  assert(!(skipAlloc && forceAlloc));
+
   initDeviceMemory();
 
   // Check if it's a subbuffer allocation
@@ -260,7 +263,9 @@ bool Memory::create(void* initFrom, bool sysMemAlloc, bool skipAlloc) {
     deviceMemories_[i].ref_ = devices[i];
     deviceMemories_[i].value_ = NULL;
 
-    if (!skipAlloc && ((devices.size() == 1) || DISABLE_DEFERRED_ALLOC)) {
+    if (forceAlloc ||
+        (!skipAlloc &&
+         ((devices.size() == 1) || DISABLE_DEFERRED_ALLOC))) {
       device::Memory* mem = getDeviceMemory(*devices[i]);
       if (NULL == mem) {
         LogPrintfError("Can't allocate memory size - 0x%08X bytes!", getSize());
diff --git a/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.hpp b/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.hpp
index 7711c19afa..ffd5a3f5ec 100644
--- a/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.hpp
+++ b/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.hpp
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ class Memory : public amd::RuntimeObject {
   //! Creates and initializes device (cache) memory for all devices
   virtual bool create(void* initFrom = NULL,     //!< Pointer to the initialization data
                       bool sysMemAlloc = false,  //!< Allocate device memory in system memory
-                      bool skipAlloc = false     //!< Skip device memory allocation
+                      bool skipAlloc = false,    //!< Skip device memory allocation
+                      bool forceAlloc = false    //!< Force device memory allocation
   );
 
   //! Allocates device (cache) memory for a specific device