diff --git a/rocclr/runtime/device/gpu/gpukernel.cpp b/rocclr/runtime/device/gpu/gpukernel.cpp
index 35102a85c4..e2d61d0982 100644
--- a/rocclr/runtime/device/gpu/gpukernel.cpp
+++ b/rocclr/runtime/device/gpu/gpukernel.cpp
@@ -3561,7 +3561,8 @@ HSAILKernel::init(bool finalize)
     //compile kernel down to ISA
     if (finalize) {
         std::string options(compileOptions_.c_str());
-        flags_.internalKernel_ = (compileOptions_.find("-cl-internal-kernel") != 0) ? true: false;
+        flags_.internalKernel_ = (compileOptions_.find("-cl-internal-kernel") != 
+                                  std::string::npos) ? true: false;
         options.append(" -just-kernel=");
         options.append(openClKernelName.c_str());
         // Append an option so that we can selectively enable a SCOption on CZ