diff --git a/projects/hip-tests/catch/unit/memory/hipHostMalloc.cc b/projects/hip-tests/catch/unit/memory/hipHostMalloc.cc
index edc6e128fc..6e4c06eb24 100644
--- a/projects/hip-tests/catch/unit/memory/hipHostMalloc.cc
+++ b/projects/hip-tests/catch/unit/memory/hipHostMalloc.cc
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static constexpr size_t sizeBytes{numElements * sizeof(int)};
 
 #if HT_AMD
 static __global__ void kerTestMemAccess(char *buf) {
-  int myId = threadIdx.x + blockDim.x * blockIdx.x;
+  size_t myId = threadIdx.x + blockDim.x * blockIdx.x;
   buf[myId] = VALUE;
 }
 #endif