diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/platform/command.cpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/platform/command.cpp
index b61159b99d..a4133bb957 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/platform/command.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/platform/command.cpp
@@ -318,16 +318,15 @@ Command::Command(HostQueue& queue, cl_command_type type, const EventWaitList& ev
   }
 }
 
-SysmemPool<ComputeCommand> Command::command_pool_ ROCCLR_INIT_PRIORITY(101);
-
+SysmemPool<ComputeCommand>* Command::command_pool_ = new SysmemPool<ComputeCommand>;
 // ================================================================================================
 void Command::operator delete(void* ptr) {
-  command_pool_.Free(ptr);
+  return command_pool_->Free(ptr);
 }
 
 // ================================================================================================
 void* Command::operator new(size_t size) {
-  return command_pool_.Alloc(size);
+  return command_pool_->Alloc(size);
 }
 
 // ================================================================================================
diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/platform/command.hpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/platform/command.hpp
index 2ed4d212e0..1a98349172 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/platform/command.hpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/platform/command.hpp
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class GraphKernelArgManager {
  */
 class Command : public Event {
  private:
-  static SysmemPool<ComputeCommand> command_pool_;  //!< Pool of active commands
+  static SysmemPool<ComputeCommand> *command_pool_;  //!< Pool of active commands
   HostQueue* queue_;               //!< The command queue this command is enqueue into
   Command* next_;                  //!< Next GPU command in the queue list
   Command* batch_head_ = nullptr;  //!< The head of the batch commands
@@ -310,6 +310,12 @@ class Command : public Event {
 
  public:
   //! Returns AQL buffer state
+  static void ReleaseSysmemPool() {
+    if (command_pool_ != nullptr) {
+      delete command_pool_;
+      command_pool_ = nullptr;
+    }
+  }
   bool getCapturingState() const { return capturing_; }
 
   //! Sets AQL capture state, aql packet to capture and where to copy kernArgs
diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/platform/runtime.cpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/platform/runtime.cpp
index 8efcdab216..c170b11259 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/platform/runtime.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/platform/runtime.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ void Runtime::tearDown() {
   if (outFile != stderr && outFile != nullptr) {
     fclose(outFile);
   }
+  Command::ReleaseSysmemPool();
   initialized_ = false;
 }