diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/blit.hpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/blit.hpp
index 287fd5ab85..226637f653 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/blit.hpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/blit.hpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public:
             uint    disableFillBuffer_          : 1;
             uint    disableFillImage_           : 1;
             uint    disableCopyBufferToImageOpt_: 1;
+            uint    disableHwlCopyBuffer_       : 1;
         };
         uint32_t    value_;
         Setup() : value_(0) {}
diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocblit.cpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocblit.cpp
index c4a9210ebb..f52a45bcda 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocblit.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocblit.cpp
@@ -2106,8 +2106,9 @@ KernelBlitManager::copyBuffer(
     amd::ScopedLock k(lockXferOps_);
     bool    result = false;
 
-    if (!gpuMem(srcMemory).isHostMemDirectAccess() &&
-        !gpuMem(dstMemory).isHostMemDirectAccess()) {
+    if (setup_.disableHwlCopyBuffer_ ||
+        (!gpuMem(srcMemory).isHostMemDirectAccess() &&
+         !gpuMem(dstMemory).isHostMemDirectAccess())) {
         uint    blitType = BlitCopyBuffer;
         size_t  dim = 1;
         size_t  globalWorkOffset[3] = { 0, 0, 0 };
diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocvirtual.cpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocvirtual.cpp
index 1d7c9f20db..85c58f66dc 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocvirtual.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocvirtual.cpp
@@ -539,6 +539,8 @@ VirtualGPU::create(bool profilingEna)
     }
 
     device::BlitManager::Setup  blitSetup;
+    // todo ROCr hangs in a heavy MT environment(integer_ops long_math)
+    blitSetup.disableHwlCopyBuffer_ = true; 
     blitMgr_ = new KernelBlitManager(*this, blitSetup);
     if ((NULL == blitMgr_) || !blitMgr_->create(roc_device_)) {
         LogError("Could not create BlitManager!");