diff --git a/shared/test/common/helpers/gtest_helpers.h b/shared/test/common/helpers/gtest_helpers.h
index 8e8b3120ae..815d6d921e 100644
--- a/shared/test/common/helpers/gtest_helpers.h
+++ b/shared/test/common/helpers/gtest_helpers.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2018-2022 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2023 Intel Corporation
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 inline bool memoryZeroed(const void *mem, const size_t size) {
     size_t sizeLeft = (size_t)size;
     bool memoryZeroed = true;
-    while (--sizeLeft) {
+    while (sizeLeft--) {
         uint8_t *pMem = (uint8_t *)mem;
         if (pMem[sizeLeft] != 0) {
             memoryZeroed = false;
diff --git a/shared/test/unit_test/main.cpp b/shared/test/unit_test/main.cpp
index 9e10255cc3..e6af1d9f2a 100644
--- a/shared/test/unit_test/main.cpp
+++ b/shared/test/unit_test/main.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "shared/test/common/helpers/custom_event_listener.h"
 #include "shared/test/common/helpers/default_hw_info.h"
 #include "shared/test/common/helpers/default_hw_info.inl"
+#include "shared/test/common/helpers/gtest_helpers.h"
 #include "shared/test/common/helpers/kernel_binary_helper.h"
 #include "shared/test/common/helpers/memory_leak_listener.h"
 #include "shared/test/common/helpers/test_files.h"
@@ -46,6 +47,17 @@ const char *fSeparator = "/";
 
 TEST(Should, pass) { EXPECT_TRUE(true); }
 
+TEST(Helper, MemoryZeroed) {
+
+    uint8_t nonZero[] = {1, 0, 0};
+    uint8_t nonZero2[] = {0, 0, 0, 0, 1};
+    uint8_t zero[] = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(memoryZeroed(nonZero, sizeof(nonZero)));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(memoryZeroed(nonZero2, sizeof(nonZero2)));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(memoryZeroed(zero, sizeof(zero)));
+}
+
 namespace NEO {
 extern const char *hardwarePrefix[];
 extern const HardwareInfo *hardwareInfoTable[IGFX_MAX_PRODUCT];