diff --git a/tests/kfdtest/scripts/kfdtest.exclude b/tests/kfdtest/scripts/kfdtest.exclude
index cc307c1300..e20c5ad73f 100644
--- a/tests/kfdtest/scripts/kfdtest.exclude
+++ b/tests/kfdtest/scripts/kfdtest.exclude
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ FILTER[core_sws]=\
 "KFDQMTest.AllSdmaQueues:"\
 "KFDQMTest.AllXgmiSdmaQueues:"\
 "KFDQMTest.AllQueues:"\
+"KFDLocalMemoryTest.AccessLocalMem:"\
 "KFDEventTest.SignalEvent"
 
 # HWS mode
diff --git a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDLocalMemoryTest.cpp b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDLocalMemoryTest.cpp
index 4c86594ab9..33f33dc869 100644
--- a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDLocalMemoryTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDLocalMemoryTest.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,28 @@ void KFDLocalMemoryTest::TearDown() {
     ROUTINE_END
 }
 
+TEST_F(KFDLocalMemoryTest, AccessLocalMem) {
+    TEST_START(TESTPROFILE_RUNALL)
+
+    int defaultGPUNode = m_NodeInfo.HsaDefaultGPUNode();
+    ASSERT_GE(defaultGPUNode, 0) << "failed to get default GPU Node";
+
+    //local memory
+    HsaMemoryBuffer destBuf(PAGE_SIZE, defaultGPUNode, false, true);
+
+    PM4Queue queue;
+
+    ASSERT_SUCCESS(queue.Create(defaultGPUNode));
+
+    queue.PlaceAndSubmitPacket(PM4WriteDataPacket(destBuf.As<unsigned int*>(), 0, 0));
+
+    queue.Wait4PacketConsumption();
+
+    EXPECT_SUCCESS(queue.Destroy());
+
+    TEST_END
+}
+
 TEST_F(KFDLocalMemoryTest, BasicTest) {
     TEST_REQUIRE_ENV_CAPABILITIES(ENVCAPS_64BITLINUX);
     TEST_START(TESTPROFILE_RUNALL);