diff --git a/projects/clr/hipamd/tests/src/runtimeApi/memory/hipMemset.cpp b/projects/clr/hipamd/tests/src/runtimeApi/memory/hipMemset.cpp
index 1617c0fd9e..5c8b1a18c1 100644
--- a/projects/clr/hipamd/tests/src/runtimeApi/memory/hipMemset.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/hipamd/tests/src/runtimeApi/memory/hipMemset.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ bool testhipMemsetAsync(int memsetval,int p_gpuDevice)
 {
     size_t Nbytes = N*sizeof(int);
     printf ("testhipMemsetAsync N=%zu  memsetval=%2x device=%d\n", N, memsetval, p_gpuDevice);
-    hipDeviceptr_t A_d;
+    char *A_d;
     char *A_h;
     bool testResult = true;