diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/amd_gpu_agent.cpp b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/amd_gpu_agent.cpp
index 78c114a929..7ac0c0842c 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/amd_gpu_agent.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/amd_gpu_agent.cpp
@@ -926,7 +926,9 @@ hsa_status_t GpuAgent::DmaCopyStatus(core::Agent& dst_agent, core::Agent& src_ag
     }
 
     if (!!!blits_[BlitDevToHost]->PendingBytes()) {
-      *engine_ids_mask |= HSA_AMD_SDMA_ENGINE_1;
+      *engine_ids_mask |= properties_.NumSdmaEngines > 1 ?
+			  HSA_AMD_SDMA_ENGINE_1 :
+			  HSA_AMD_SDMA_ENGINE_0;
     }
     // Find a free xGMI SDMA engine for H2D/D2H though it may be lower bandwidth
     for (int i = 0; i < properties_.NumSdmaXgmiEngines; i++) {