diff --git a/api/rocjpeg/rocjpeg.h b/api/rocjpeg/rocjpeg.h
index 95644db62d..cf491c8b1d 100644
--- a/api/rocjpeg/rocjpeg.h
+++ b/api/rocjpeg/rocjpeg.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ typedef enum {
     ROCJPEG_STATUS_HW_JPEG_DECODER_NOT_SUPPORTED = -10, /**< Hardware JPEG decoder is not supported. */
     ROCJPEG_STATUS_RUNTIME_ERROR = -11, /**< Runtime error occurred. */
     ROCJPEG_STATUS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED = -12, /**< The requested feature is not implemented. */
+    ROCJPEG_STATUS_MAX_VALUE = -13, /**< Maximum status code value. */
 } RocJpegStatus;
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/rocjpeg_negative_api_tests/rocjpeg_api_negative_tests.cpp b/test/rocjpeg_negative_api_tests/rocjpeg_api_negative_tests.cpp
index f077072ad6..77eb9d8404 100644
--- a/test/rocjpeg_negative_api_tests/rocjpeg_api_negative_tests.cpp
+++ b/test/rocjpeg_negative_api_tests/rocjpeg_api_negative_tests.cpp
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ int RocJpegApiNegativeTests::TestInvalidGetErrorName() {
     }
 
     // Scenario 2: Pass a valid error code and ensure it returns a non-null name
-    for (int i = 0; i >= -8; i--) {
+    for (int i = 0; i >= ROCJPEG_STATUS_MAX_VALUE; i--) {
         RocJpegStatus valid_status = static_cast<RocJpegStatus>(i);;
         error_name = rocJpegGetErrorName(valid_status);
         if (error_name == nullptr) {