diff --git a/api/hip/hip_device_runtime.cpp b/api/hip/hip_device_runtime.cpp
index c7a4d4913d..c84abe02da 100644
--- a/api/hip/hip_device_runtime.cpp
+++ b/api/hip/hip_device_runtime.cpp
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@ hipError_t hipDeviceSetSharedMemConfig ( hipSharedMemConfig config ) {
 }
 
 hipError_t hipDeviceSynchronize ( void ) {
+  HIP_INIT_API();
+
   amd::HostQueue* queue = hip::getNullStream();
 
   if (!queue) {