diff --git a/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.cpp b/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.cpp
index c792d3eb64..3d7db63d1f 100644
--- a/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.cpp
+++ b/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.cpp
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ void Buffer::initDeviceMemory() {
   memset(deviceMemories_, 0, NumDevicesWithP2P() * sizeof(DeviceMemory));
 }
 
-bool Buffer::create(void* initFrom, bool sysMemAlloc, bool skipAlloc) {
+bool Buffer::create(void* initFrom, bool sysMemAlloc, bool skipAlloc, bool forceAlloc) {
   if ((getMemFlags() & CL_MEM_EXTERNAL_PHYSICAL_AMD) && (initFrom != NULL)) {
     busAddress_ = *(reinterpret_cast<cl_bus_address_amd*>(initFrom));
     initFrom = NULL;
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ bool Buffer::create(void* initFrom, bool sysMemAlloc, bool skipAlloc) {
     busAddress_.surface_bus_address = 0;
     busAddress_.marker_bus_address = 0;
   }
-  return Memory::create(initFrom, sysMemAlloc, skipAlloc);
+  return Memory::create(initFrom, sysMemAlloc, skipAlloc, forceAlloc);
 }
 
 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 ffd5a3f5ec..2602d03dda 100644
--- a/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.hpp
+++ b/rocclr/runtime/platform/memory.hpp
@@ -357,7 +357,8 @@ class Buffer : public Memory {
 
   bool create(void* initFrom = NULL,     //!< Pointer to the initialization data
               bool sysMemAlloc = false,  //!< Allocate device memory in system memory
-              bool skipAlloc = false     //!< Skip device memory allocation
+              bool skipAlloc = false,    //!< Skip device memory allocation
+              bool forceAlloc = false    //!< Force device memory allocation
   );
 
   //! static_cast to Buffer with sanity check