diff --git a/.github/workflows/mi-rhel9.yml b/.github/workflows/mi-rhel9.yml
index c42ef6db8..8cd2a8d62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mi-rhel9.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mi-rhel9.yml
@@ -81,11 +81,12 @@ jobs:
           mkdir build
           cd build
           ml cmake
-          cmake -DENABLE_TESTS=ON -DENABLE_COVERAGE=ON -DPYTEST_NUMPROCS=8 ..
+          cmake -DENABLE_TESTS=ON -DCMAKE_HIP_ARCHITECTURES=$CI_ARCH -DENABLE_COVERAGE=ON -DPYTEST_NUMPROCS=8 ..
       - name: Build tests and Run [profile] mode
         run: |
           cd build
-          srun -N 1 -J omniperf -p $CI_QUEUE -t 00:20:00 make; ctest -j 4 --resource-spec-file ../tests/4gpus.json --verbose -L profile
+          make
+          srun -N 1 -J omniperf -p $CI_QUEUE -t 00:20:00 ctest -j 4 --resource-spec-file ../tests/4gpus.json --verbose -L profile
       - name: Run [analyze workloads] mode
         if: '!cancelled()'
         run: |
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 283d25658..dabe1fe50 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -158,10 +158,11 @@ endif()
 # Setup testing collateral
 
 option(ENABLE_TESTS "Enable compilation of testing collateral" OFF)
+set(CMAKE_HIP_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O2")
 if(${ENABLE_TESTS})
     enable_language("C" "HIP")
     add_subdirectory(tests)
-    set(CMAKE_HIP_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O2")
+
 endif()
 message(STATUS "Enable tests compilation: ${ENABLE_TESTS}")