diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/omniperf_soc/soc_base.py b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/omniperf_soc/soc_base.py
index 3435628ab4..b0d335b810 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/omniperf_soc/soc_base.py
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/omniperf_soc/soc_base.py
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ class OmniSoC_Base:
     def check_arch_override(self):
         if "OMNIPERF_ARCH_OVERRIDE" in os.environ.keys():
             return os.environ["OMNIPERF_ARCH_OVERRIDE"]
+        return ""
 
     @demarcate
     def populate_mspec(self):