diff --git a/projects/clr/hipamd/src/hip_module.cpp b/projects/clr/hipamd/src/hip_module.cpp
index 6d9b5885ad..d527d4f733 100644
--- a/projects/clr/hipamd/src/hip_module.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/hipamd/src/hip_module.cpp
@@ -674,7 +674,11 @@ hipError_t hipModuleGetTexRef(textureReference** texRef, hipModule_t hmod, const
 
   // Texture references created by HIP driver API
   // have the default read mode set to normalized float.
+  // have format set to format float
+  // set num of channels to 1
   (*texRef)->readMode = hipReadModeNormalizedFloat;
+  (*texRef)->format = HIP_AD_FORMAT_FLOAT;
+  (*texRef)->numChannels = 1;
 
   hipError_t err = PlatformState::instance().registerTexRef(*texRef, hmod, std::string(name));