diff --git a/projects/clr/hipamd/samples/0_Intro/square/Makefile b/projects/clr/hipamd/samples/0_Intro/square/Makefile
index 1e8cdba080..aa48cc5864 100644
--- a/projects/clr/hipamd/samples/0_Intro/square/Makefile
+++ b/projects/clr/hipamd/samples/0_Intro/square/Makefile
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ square.hip.out: square.hipref.cpp
 
 
 
+
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o *.out	
diff --git a/projects/clr/hipamd/samples/0_Intro/square/square.hipref.cpp b/projects/clr/hipamd/samples/0_Intro/square/square.hipref.cpp
index 963ab63260..e694bfb8a4 100644
--- a/projects/clr/hipamd/samples/0_Intro/square/square.hipref.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/hipamd/samples/0_Intro/square/square.hipref.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     const unsigned threadsPerBlock = 256;
 
     printf ("info: launch 'vector_square' kernel\n");
-    hipLaunchKernel(vector_square, dim3(blocks), dim3(threadsPerBlock), 0, nullptr, C_d, A_d, N);
+    hipLaunchKernel(vector_square, dim3(blocks), dim3(threadsPerBlock), 0, 0, C_d, A_d, N);
 
     printf ("info: copy Device2Host\n");
     CHECK ( hipMemcpy(C_h, C_d, Nbytes, hipMemcpyDeviceToHost));