diff --git a/hipcub/include/hipcub/backend/rocprim/thread/thread_load.hpp b/hipcub/include/hipcub/backend/rocprim/thread/thread_load.hpp
index ef0e2d64..cba30173 100644
--- a/hipcub/include/hipcub/backend/rocprim/thread/thread_load.hpp
+++ b/hipcub/include/hipcub/backend/rocprim/thread/thread_load.hpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ HIPCUB_DEVICE __forceinline__ T AsmThreadLoad(void * ptr)
     {                                                                                                         \
         interim_type retval;                                                                                  \
         asm volatile(#asm_operator " %0, %1 " llvm_cache_modifier "\n\t"                                      \
-                                   wait_inst wait_cmd "(%2)"                                                  \
+                                   #wait_inst wait_cmd "(%2)"                                                 \
                      : "=" #output_modifier(retval)                                                           \
                      : "v"(ptr), "I"(0x00));                                                                  \
         return retval;                                                                                        \
diff --git a/hipcub/include/hipcub/backend/rocprim/thread/thread_store.hpp b/hipcub/include/hipcub/backend/rocprim/thread/thread_store.hpp
index 1cbb29d4..3108feee 100644
--- a/hipcub/include/hipcub/backend/rocprim/thread/thread_store.hpp
+++ b/hipcub/include/hipcub/backend/rocprim/thread/thread_store.hpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ HIPCUB_DEVICE __forceinline__ void AsmThreadStore(void * ptr, T val)
     {                                                                                                        \
         interim_type temp_val = val;                                                                         \
         asm volatile(#asm_operator " %0, %1 " llvm_cache_modifier "\n\t"                                     \
-                                   wait_inst wait_cmd "(%2)"                                                 \
+                                   #wait_inst wait_cmd "(%2)"                                                \
                      : : "v"(ptr), #output_modifier(temp_val), "I"(0x00));                                   \
     }