diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/palvirtual.cpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/palvirtual.cpp
index 4121e9899c..61a40def05 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/palvirtual.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/palvirtual.cpp
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ bool VirtualGPU::create(bool profiling, uint deviceQueueSize, uint rtCUs,
   createInfo.allocInfo[Pal::EmbeddedDataAlloc].allocSize = 64 * Ki;
   createInfo.allocInfo[Pal::EmbeddedDataAlloc].suballocSize = 64 * Ki;
 
-  createInfo.allocInfo[Pal::GpuScratchMemAlloc].allocHeap = Pal::GpuHeapLocal;
+  createInfo.allocInfo[Pal::GpuScratchMemAlloc].allocHeap = Pal::GpuHeapInvisible;
   createInfo.allocInfo[Pal::GpuScratchMemAlloc].allocSize = 64 * Ki;
   createInfo.allocInfo[Pal::GpuScratchMemAlloc].suballocSize = 64 * Ki;