diff --git a/projects/hip/bin/hipcc b/projects/hip/bin/hipcc
index 7f7dfd31da..9df3459fd1 100755
--- a/projects/hip/bin/hipcc
+++ b/projects/hip/bin/hipcc
@@ -241,11 +241,11 @@ if ($HIP_PLATFORM eq "clang") {
     }
 
 } elsif ($HIP_PLATFORM eq "nvcc") {
+    $CUDA_PATH=$ENV{'CUDA_PATH'} // '/usr/local/cuda';
     $HIP_INCLUDE_PATH = "$HIP_PATH/include";
     if ($verbose & 0x2) {
         print ("CUDA_PATH=$CUDA_PATH\n");
     }
-    $CUDA_PATH=$ENV{'CUDA_PATH'} // '/usr/local/cuda';
 
     $HIPCC="$CUDA_PATH/bin/nvcc";
     $HIPCXXFLAGS .= " -Wno-deprecated-gpu-targets ";