diff --git a/projects/hip/src/hip_hcc.cpp b/projects/hip/src/hip_hcc.cpp
index 0cdc57eaab..08a2cdbfcf 100644
--- a/projects/hip/src/hip_hcc.cpp
+++ b/projects/hip/src/hip_hcc.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int HIP_SYNC_HOST_ALLOC = 1;
 
 // Chicken bit to sync on host to implement null stream.
 // If 0, null stream synchronization is performed on the GPU
-int HIP_SYNC_NULL_STREAM = 1;
+int HIP_SYNC_NULL_STREAM = 0;
 
 // HIP needs to change some behavior based on HCC_OPT_FLUSH :
 // TODO - set this to 1