diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/CMakeLists.txt
index ae96fdc0cc..17d4b9bf4a 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ endif ()
 
 ## Address Sanitize Flag
 if ( ${ADDRESS_SANITIZER} )
-    set ( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}" -fsanitize=address )
+    set ( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address" )
     set ( CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS -fsanitize=address )
 endif ()