diff --git a/configs/example/apu_se.py b/configs/example/apu_se.py
index 98a1e19c60..6f686f3f4d 100644
--- a/configs/example/apu_se.py
+++ b/configs/example/apu_se.py
@@ -432,9 +432,10 @@ if args.dgpu:
     args.m_type = 6
 
 # HSA kernel mode driver
+# dGPUPoolID is 0 because we only have one memory pool
 gpu_driver = GPUComputeDriver(filename = "kfd", isdGPU = args.dgpu,
                               gfxVersion = args.gfx_version,
-                              dGPUPoolID = 1, m_type = args.m_type)
+                              dGPUPoolID = 0, m_type = args.m_type)
 
 renderDriNum = 128
 render_driver = GPURenderDriver(filename = f'dri/renderD{renderDriNum}')
diff --git a/src/gpu-compute/GPU.py b/src/gpu-compute/GPU.py
index 6b0bb2ed63..d2f9b6e59b 100644
--- a/src/gpu-compute/GPU.py
+++ b/src/gpu-compute/GPU.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class GPUComputeDriver(EmulatedDriver):
     device = Param.GPUCommandProcessor('GPU controlled by this driver')
     isdGPU = Param.Bool(False, 'Driver is for a dGPU')
     gfxVersion = Param.GfxVersion('gfx801', 'ISA of gpu to model')
-    dGPUPoolID = Param.Int(False, 'Pool ID for dGPU.')
+    dGPUPoolID = Param.Int(0, 'Pool ID for dGPU.')
     # Default Mtype for caches
     #--     1   1   1   C_RW_S  (Cached-ReadWrite-Shared)
     #--     1   1   0   C_RW_US (Cached-ReadWrite-Unshared)