diff --git a/shared/source/utilities/heap_allocator.h b/shared/source/utilities/heap_allocator.h
index ee2fae6345..669dd6321d 100644
--- a/shared/source/utilities/heap_allocator.h
+++ b/shared/source/utilities/heap_allocator.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class HeapAllocator {
     HeapAllocator(uint64_t address, uint64_t size, size_t allocationAlignment) : HeapAllocator(address, size, allocationAlignment, 4 * MemoryConstants::megaByte) {
     }
 
-    HeapAllocator(uint64_t address, uint64_t size, size_t allocationAlignment, size_t threshold) : baseAddress(address), size(size), availableSize(size), allocationAlignment(allocationAlignment), sizeThreshold(threshold) {
+    HeapAllocator(uint64_t address, uint64_t size, size_t allocationAlignment, size_t threshold) : size(size), availableSize(size), allocationAlignment(allocationAlignment), sizeThreshold(threshold) {
         pLeftBound = address;
         pRightBound = address + size;
         freedChunksBig.reserve(10);
@@ -59,11 +59,10 @@ class HeapAllocator {
     double getUsage() const;
 
     uint64_t getBaseAddress() const {
-        return this->baseAddress;
+        return this->pLeftBound;
     }
 
   protected:
-    const uint64_t baseAddress;
     const uint64_t size;
     uint64_t availableSize;
     uint64_t pLeftBound;
diff --git a/shared/test/unit_test/utilities/heap_allocator_tests.cpp b/shared/test/unit_test/utilities/heap_allocator_tests.cpp
index ae572a6472..eae44d2d5f 100644
--- a/shared/test/unit_test/utilities/heap_allocator_tests.cpp
+++ b/shared/test/unit_test/utilities/heap_allocator_tests.cpp
@@ -1438,19 +1438,14 @@ TEST(HeapAllocatorTest, givenZeroAlignmentPassedWhenAllocatingMemoryWithCustomAl
     EXPECT_EQ(alignUp(heapBase, allocationAlignment), ptr);
 }
 
-TEST(HeapAllocatorTest, whenGetBaseAddressIsCalledThenReturnInitialBaseAddress) {
+TEST(HeapAllocatorTest, whenGetBaseAddressIsCalledThenReturnInitialLeftBoundAddress) {
     const uint64_t heapBase = 0x100000llu;
-    const size_t heapSize = 16 * MemoryConstants::megaByte;
-    const size_t sizeThreshold = 4 * MemoryConstants::megaByte;
-
+    const size_t heapSize = 1024 * 4096;
     HeapAllocatorUnderTest heapAllocator(heapBase, heapSize, allocationAlignment, sizeThreshold);
+
     EXPECT_EQ(heapBase, heapAllocator.getBaseAddress());
 
-    size_t bigChunk = 5 * MemoryConstants::megaByte;
-    EXPECT_NE(0u, heapAllocator.allocate(bigChunk));
-    EXPECT_EQ(heapBase, heapAllocator.getBaseAddress());
-
-    size_t smallChunk = 4096;
-    EXPECT_NE(0u, heapAllocator.allocate(smallChunk));
+    size_t sizeToAlloc = 4096;
+    heapAllocator.allocate(sizeToAlloc);
     EXPECT_EQ(heapBase, heapAllocator.getBaseAddress());
 }
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