diff --git a/offload/plugins-nextgen/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp b/offload/plugins-nextgen/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp
index 0388bbba4ee28..6bf8aac70fd4c 100644
--- a/offload/plugins-nextgen/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp
+++ b/offload/plugins-nextgen/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp
@@ -5135,7 +5135,7 @@ struct AMDGPUDeviceTy : public GenericDeviceTy, AMDGenericDeviceTy {
                                  .OMPX_XTeamReductionOccupancyBasedOpt = false,
                                  .OMPX_AdjustNumTeamsForXteamRedSmallBlockSize=1}},
                       // Default config for unknown devices.
-                      {"DEFAULT", {.OMPX_UseMultipleSdmaEngines = true,
+                      {"DEFAULT", {.OMPX_UseMultipleSdmaEngines = false,
                                  .OMPX_XteamBlockSize = 512,
                                  .OMPX_XTeamReductionOccupancyBasedOpt = false,
                                  .OMPX_AdjustNumTeamsForXteamRedSmallBlockSize=1}}};