diff --git a/projects/hip/include/hip/surface_types.h b/projects/hip/include/hip/surface_types.h
index 42a91a5f0b..c7f588de09 100644
--- a/projects/hip/include/hip/surface_types.h
+++ b/projects/hip/include/hip/surface_types.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright (c) 2021 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2022 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 /**
  * An opaque value that represents a hip surface object
  */
-typedef unsigned long long hipSurfaceObject_t;
+struct __hip_surface;
+typedef struct __hip_surface* hipSurfaceObject_t;
 
 /**
  * hip surface reference