diff --git a/projects/hipblaslt/tensilelite/Tensile/KernelWriterAssembly.py b/projects/hipblaslt/tensilelite/Tensile/KernelWriterAssembly.py
index fe9b487c5928..9e893d7b1f58 100644
--- a/projects/hipblaslt/tensilelite/Tensile/KernelWriterAssembly.py
+++ b/projects/hipblaslt/tensilelite/Tensile/KernelWriterAssembly.py
@@ -15820,7 +15820,7 @@ def globalWriteElements(self, kernel, tPA, tPB, vectorWidths_2, vectorWidths_1,
         # s = gate null ? 1.0 : 0.0. FMA does acc = (gate+s)*acc + gate.
         # No separate compare needed: allocPostLoopSrdSuppress leaves SCC = (AddressGate == 0)
         # module.add(self.getSCMPKInstruction("EQU32", "SrdGate+2", 0, comment="gate null? (SrdGate num_records==0)"))
-        module.add(SCSelectB32(dst=sgpr("GateNullOne"), src0=hex(0x3f800000), src1=0, comment="GateNullOne = (gate null) ? 1.0 : 0.0"))
+        module.add(SCSelectB32(dst=sgpr("GateNullOne"), src0=1.0, src1=0, comment="GateNullOne = (gate null) ? 1.0 : 0.0"))
         module.add(self.shiftSrd("Gate"))
         ssslist.append("Gate")
         useSize.append(False)
diff --git a/projects/hipblaslt/tensilelite/Tensile/Tests/common/sparse/gfx1250/spmm_gate.yaml b/projects/hipblaslt/tensilelite/Tensile/Tests/common/sparse/gfx1250/spmm_gate.yaml
index be6c4dd0767f..cf8d4b2f48ac 100644
--- a/projects/hipblaslt/tensilelite/Tensile/Tests/common/sparse/gfx1250/spmm_gate.yaml
+++ b/projects/hipblaslt/tensilelite/Tensile/Tests/common/sparse/gfx1250/spmm_gate.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 TestParameters:
   marks: [skip-gfx900, skip-gfx906, skip-gfx908, skip-gfx90a, skip-gfx940, skip-gfx941, skip-gfx942, skip-gfx950, skip-gfx1010, skip-gfx1011, skip-gfx1012, skip-gfx1030, skip-gfx1100, skip-gfx1101, skip-gfx1102, skip-gfx1200, skip-gfx1201, xfail-gfx1250] # xfail-gfx1250: known failure on gfx1250 HW
 GlobalParameters:
+  CheckASMCodeSize: True
   SyncsPerBenchmark: 0
   NumElementsToValidate: -1
   KernelTime: True