diff --git a/projects/rocshmem/src/atomic_return.cpp b/projects/rocshmem/src/atomic_return.cpp
index 6069d85ac6..a284582642 100644
--- a/projects/rocshmem/src/atomic_return.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocshmem/src/atomic_return.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void allocate_atomic_region(atomic_ret_t** atomic_ret, int num_wg) {
   /*
    * Zero-initialize the entire atomic return region.
    */
-  memset(tmp_ret->atomic_base_ptr, 0, size_bytes);
+  CHECK_HIP(hipMemset(tmp_ret->atomic_base_ptr, 0, size_bytes));
 
   *atomic_ret = tmp_ret;
 }