diff --git a/include/hip/hcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h b/include/hip/hcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
index 724bf09b21..2036aa5008 100644
--- a/include/hip/hcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
+++ b/include/hip/hcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ hipError_t hipDeviceGetPCIBusId (char *pciBusId,int len,int device);
  *
  * @returns #hipSuccess, #hipErrorInavlidDevice, #hipErrorInvalidValue
  */
-hipError_t hipDeviceGetByPCIBusId ( int*  device,const int* pciBusId );
+hipError_t hipDeviceGetByPCIBusId ( int*  device,const char* pciBusId );
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/hip_device.cpp b/src/hip_device.cpp
index 66c6c7db5f..9086cd8012 100644
--- a/src/hip_device.cpp
+++ b/src/hip_device.cpp
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ hipError_t hipDeviceTotalMem (size_t *bytes,hipDevice_t device)
     return ihipLogStatus(e);
 }
 
-hipError_t hipDeviceGetByPCIBusId (int*  device, const int* pciBusId )
+hipError_t hipDeviceGetByPCIBusId (int*  device, const char* pciBusId )
 {
     HIP_INIT_API(device,pciBusId);
     hipDeviceProp_t  tempProp;