diff --git a/projects/hip/src/hip_hcc.cpp b/projects/hip/src/hip_hcc.cpp
index 364db80537..be591f2f04 100644
--- a/projects/hip/src/hip_hcc.cpp
+++ b/projects/hip/src/hip_hcc.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int HIP_FORCE_P2P_HOST = 0;
 int HIP_FAIL_SOC = 0;
 int HIP_DENY_PEER_ACCESS = 0;
 
-int HIP_HIDDEN_FREE_MEM = 0;
+int HIP_HIDDEN_FREE_MEM = 256;
 // Force async copies to actually use the synchronous copy interface.
 int HIP_FORCE_SYNC_COPY = 0;