diff --git a/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocmemory.cpp b/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocmemory.cpp
index 2b68d53143..48bbfee444 100644
--- a/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocmemory.cpp
+++ b/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocmemory.cpp
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ bool Buffer::create() {
       // data transfer to the view of the buffer.
       amd::Buffer* bufferView = new (owner()->getContext())
           amd::Buffer(*owner(), 0, owner()->getOrigin(), owner()->getSize());
-      bufferView->create();
+      bufferView->create(nullptr, false, true);
 
       roc::Buffer* devBufferView = new roc::Buffer(dev_, *bufferView);
       devBufferView->deviceMemory_ = deviceMemory_;
diff --git a/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.cpp b/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.cpp
index b17f4032c2..2f00dd8f08 100644
--- a/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.cpp
+++ b/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.cpp
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ bool Memory::allocHostMemory(void* initFrom, bool allocHostMem, bool forceCopy)
   return true;
 }
 
-bool Memory::create(void* initFrom, bool sysMemAlloc) {
+bool Memory::create(void* initFrom, bool sysMemAlloc, bool skipAlloc) {
   static const bool forceAllocHostMem = false;
 
   initDeviceMemory();
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ bool Memory::create(void* initFrom, bool sysMemAlloc) {
     deviceMemories_[i].ref_ = devices[i];
     deviceMemories_[i].value_ = NULL;
 
-    if ((devices.size() == 1) || DISABLE_DEFERRED_ALLOC) {
+    if (!skipAlloc && ((devices.size() == 1) || DISABLE_DEFERRED_ALLOC)) {
       device::Memory* mem = getDeviceMemory(*devices[i]);
       if (NULL == mem) {
         LogPrintfError("Can't allocate memory size - 0x%08X bytes!", getSize());
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ void Buffer::initDeviceMemory() {
   memset(deviceMemories_, 0, context_().devices().size() * sizeof(DeviceMemory));
 }
 
-bool Buffer::create(void* initFrom, bool sysMemAlloc) {
+bool Buffer::create(void* initFrom, bool sysMemAlloc, bool skipAlloc) {
   if ((getMemFlags() & CL_MEM_EXTERNAL_PHYSICAL_AMD) && (initFrom != NULL)) {
     busAddress_ = *(reinterpret_cast<cl_bus_address_amd*>(initFrom));
     initFrom = NULL;
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ bool Buffer::create(void* initFrom, bool sysMemAlloc) {
     busAddress_.surface_bus_address = 0;
     busAddress_.marker_bus_address = 0;
   }
-  return Memory::create(initFrom, sysMemAlloc);
+  return Memory::create(initFrom, sysMemAlloc, skipAlloc);
 }
 
 bool Buffer::isEntirelyCovered(const Coord3D& origin, const Coord3D& region) const {
diff --git a/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.hpp b/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.hpp
index 53714d58b2..ec31e4eebe 100644
--- a/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.hpp
+++ b/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.hpp
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ class Memory : public amd::RuntimeObject {
 
   //! Creates and initializes device (cache) memory for all devices
   virtual bool create(void* initFrom = NULL,    //!< Pointer to the initialization data
-                      bool sysMemAlloc = false  //!< Allocate device memory in system memory
+                      bool sysMemAlloc = false, //!< Allocate device memory in system memory
+                      bool skipAlloc = false    //!< Skip device memory allocation
                       );
 
   //! Allocates device (cache) memory for a specific device
@@ -338,7 +339,8 @@ class Buffer : public Memory {
       : Memory(parent, flags, origin, size) {}
 
   bool create(void* initFrom = NULL,    //!< Pointer to the initialization data
-              bool sysMemAlloc = false  //!< Allocate device memory in system memory
+              bool sysMemAlloc = false, //!< Allocate device memory in system memory
+              bool skipAlloc = false    //!< Skip device memory allocation
               );
 
   //! static_cast to Buffer with sanity check