diff --git a/level_zero/core/test/unit_tests/sources/context/test_context.cpp b/level_zero/core/test/unit_tests/sources/context/test_context.cpp
index 213139ac31..446deefb2a 100644
--- a/level_zero/core/test/unit_tests/sources/context/test_context.cpp
+++ b/level_zero/core/test/unit_tests/sources/context/test_context.cpp
@@ -1352,8 +1352,6 @@ TEST_F(ContextTest, whenCallingVirtualMemoryGetAttributeWithInvalidValuesThenFai
 }
 
 TEST_F(ContextTest, whenCallingVirtualMemoryFreeWithInvalidValuesThenFailuresReturned) {
-    DebugManagerStateRestore restore;
-    debugManager.flags.EnableReservingInSvmRange.set(true);
     ze_context_handle_t hContext;
     ze_context_desc_t desc = {ZE_STRUCTURE_TYPE_CONTEXT_DESC, nullptr, 0};
 
@@ -1483,8 +1481,6 @@ class ReserveMemoryManagerMock : public NEO::MemoryManager {
 };
 
 TEST_F(ContextTest, whenCallingVirtualMemReserveWithPStartInSvmRangeWithSuccessfulAllocationThenSuccessReturned) {
-    DebugManagerStateRestore restore;
-    debugManager.flags.EnableReservingInSvmRange.set(true);
     ze_context_handle_t hContext{};
     ze_context_desc_t desc = {ZE_STRUCTURE_TYPE_CONTEXT_DESC, nullptr, 0};
 
@@ -1516,8 +1512,6 @@ TEST_F(ContextTest, whenCallingVirtualMemReserveWithPStartInSvmRangeWithSuccessf
 }
 
 TEST_F(ContextTest, whenCallingVirtualMemReserveWithPStartAboveSvmRangeWithSuccessfulAllocationThenSuccessReturned) {
-    DebugManagerStateRestore restore;
-    debugManager.flags.EnableReservingInSvmRange.set(true);
     ze_context_handle_t hContext{};
     ze_context_desc_t desc = {ZE_STRUCTURE_TYPE_CONTEXT_DESC, nullptr, 0};
 
@@ -1691,8 +1685,6 @@ TEST_F(ContextTest, whenUsingOffsetsIntoReservedVirtualMemoryWithMultiplePhysica
 }
 
 TEST_F(ContextTest, whenCallingVirtualMemoryReservationWhenOutOfMemoryThenOutOfMemoryReturned) {
-    DebugManagerStateRestore restore;
-    debugManager.flags.EnableReservingInSvmRange.set(true);
     ze_context_handle_t hContext;
     ze_context_desc_t desc = {ZE_STRUCTURE_TYPE_CONTEXT_DESC, nullptr, 0};
 
@@ -1728,8 +1720,6 @@ TEST_F(ContextTest, whenCallingVirtualMemoryReservationWhenOutOfMemoryThenOutOfM
 }
 
 TEST_F(ContextTest, whenCallingVirtualMemoryReservationWithInvalidArgumentsThenUnsupportedSizeReturned) {
-    DebugManagerStateRestore restore;
-    debugManager.flags.EnableReservingInSvmRange.set(true);
     ze_context_handle_t hContext;
     ze_context_desc_t desc = {ZE_STRUCTURE_TYPE_CONTEXT_DESC, nullptr, 0};
 
@@ -1827,8 +1817,6 @@ TEST_F(ContextTest, whenCallingVirtualMemoryReservationWithValidMultiPageSizeInA
 }
 
 TEST_F(ContextTest, whenCallingVirtualMemoryReservationWithOverlappingReservationRangeThenSuccessReturned) {
-    DebugManagerStateRestore restore;
-    debugManager.flags.EnableReservingInSvmRange.set(true);
     ze_context_handle_t hContext;
     ze_context_desc_t desc = {ZE_STRUCTURE_TYPE_CONTEXT_DESC, nullptr, 0};
 
@@ -1889,8 +1877,6 @@ class MockCpuInfoOverrideVirtualAddressSize {
 };
 
 TEST_F(ContextTest, Given32BitCpuAddressWidthWhenCallingVirtualMemoryReservationCorrectAllocationMethodIsSelected) {
-    DebugManagerStateRestore restore;
-    debugManager.flags.EnableReservingInSvmRange.set(true);
     MockCpuInfoOverrideVirtualAddressSize overrideCpuInfo(32);
 
     ze_context_handle_t hContext;
@@ -1936,8 +1922,6 @@ TEST_F(ContextTest, Given32BitCpuAddressWidthWhenCallingVirtualMemoryReservation
 }
 
 TEST_F(ContextTest, Given48BitCpuAddressWidthWhenCallingVirtualMemoryReservationCorrectAllocationMethodIsSelected) {
-    DebugManagerStateRestore restore;
-    debugManager.flags.EnableReservingInSvmRange.set(true);
     MockCpuInfoOverrideVirtualAddressSize overrideCpuInfo(48);
 
     ze_context_handle_t hContext;
@@ -1982,8 +1966,6 @@ TEST_F(ContextTest, Given48BitCpuAddressWidthWhenCallingVirtualMemoryReservation
 }
 
 TEST_F(ContextTest, Given57BitCpuAddressWidthWhenCallingVirtualMemoryReservationCorrectAllocationMethodIsSelected) {
-    DebugManagerStateRestore restore;
-    debugManager.flags.EnableReservingInSvmRange.set(true);
     MockCpuInfoOverrideVirtualAddressSize overrideCpuInfo(57);
 
     ze_context_handle_t hContext;
diff --git a/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl b/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
index ce81220d71..a7f309c1e7 100644
--- a/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
+++ b/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, EnableFreeMemory, true, "Enable freeMemory in memor
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, ForceSamplerLowFilteringPrecision, false, "Force Low Filtering Precision Sampler mode")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, EnablePrivateBO, false, "Enable PRELIM_I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_VM_PRIVATE extension creating VM_PRIVATE BOs")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, EnableAIL, true, "Enables AIL")
-DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, EnableReservingInSvmRange, false, "Enables reserving virtual memory in the SVM range")
+DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, EnableReservingInSvmRange, true, "Enables reserving virtual memory in the SVM range")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, EnableProgrammableMetricsSupport, false, "Enable Programmable Metrics support")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int64_t, VmBindWaitUserFenceTimeout, -1, "-1: default, >0: time in ns for wait function timeout")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int32_t, ForceRunAloneContext, -1, "Control creation of run-alone HW context, -1:default, 0:disable, 1:enable")
diff --git a/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config b/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config
index a675bd992a..066e9595b6 100644
--- a/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config
+++ b/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ OverridePlatformName = unk
 WddmResidencyLoggerOutputDirectory = unk
 ToggleBitIn57GpuVa = unk
 EnablePrivateBO = 0
-EnableReservingInSvmRange = 0
+EnableReservingInSvmRange = 1
 ExperimentalEnableDeviceAllocationCache = -1
 OverrideL1CachePolicyInSurfaceStateAndStateless = -1
 EnableBcsSwControlWa = -1