diff --git a/opencl/test/unit_test/test_files/igdrcl.config b/opencl/test/unit_test/test_files/igdrcl.config
index 5863076948..2ac1e2d79b 100644
--- a/opencl/test/unit_test/test_files/igdrcl.config
+++ b/opencl/test/unit_test/test_files/igdrcl.config
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ DirectSubmissionDiagnosticExecutionCount = 30
 DirectSubmissionDisableCacheFlush = -1
 DirectSubmissionDisableMonitorFence = 0
 USMEvictAfterMigration = 1
-UseVmBind = 0
+UseVmBind = -1
 EnableNullHardware = 0
 ForceLinearImages = 0
 ForceSLML3Config = 0
diff --git a/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl b/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
index cc1871b087..5f797e7011 100644
--- a/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
+++ b/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int32_t, ForceUserptrAlignment, -1, "-1: no force (4kb),
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int64_t, ForceSystemMemoryPlacement, 0, "0: default,  >0: (bitmask) for given Graphics Allocation Type, force system memory placement")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int64_t, ForceNonSystemMemoryPlacement, 0, "0: default,  >0: (bitmask) for given Graphics Allocation Type, force non-system memory placement")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int64_t, DisableIndirectAccess, -1, "0: default,  0: Indirect access for L0 kernels is enabled, 1: Indirect is disabled")
-DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int32_t, UseVmBind, 0, "Use new residency model on Linux (requires kernel support), -1: default, 0: disabled, 1: enabled")
+DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int32_t, UseVmBind, -1, "Use new residency model on Linux (requires kernel support), -1: default, 0: disabled, 1: enabled")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, UseMaxSimdSizeToDeduceMaxWorkgroupSize, false, "With this flag on, max workgroup size is deduced using SIMD32 instead of SIMD8, this causes the max wkg size to be 4 times bigger")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, ReturnRawGpuTimestamps, false, "Driver returns raw GPU tiemstamps instead of calculated ones.")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, ForcePerDssBackedBufferProgramming, false, "Always program per-DSS memory backed buffer in preamble")