diff --git a/hipamd/include/hip/hcc_detail/hip_atomic.h b/hipamd/include/hip/hcc_detail/hip_atomic.h
index ce4b7c9008..a5ac94a74b 100644
--- a/hipamd/include/hip/hcc_detail/hip_atomic.h
+++ b/hipamd/include/hip/hcc_detail/hip_atomic.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ unsigned int atomicExch(unsigned int* address, unsigned int val)
 }
 __device__
 inline
-unsigned int atomicExch(unsigned long long* address, unsigned long long val)
+unsigned long long atomicExch(unsigned long long* address, unsigned long long val)
 {
     return __atomic_exchange_n(address, val, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
 }