diff --git a/shared/source/memory_manager/definitions/storage_info.cpp b/shared/source/memory_manager/definitions/storage_info.cpp
index e4cfcad69d..c823f954c5 100644
--- a/shared/source/memory_manager/definitions/storage_info.cpp
+++ b/shared/source/memory_manager/definitions/storage_info.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ StorageInfo MemoryManager::createStorageInfoFromProperties(const AllocationPrope
             storageInfo.cloningOfPageTables = false;
             storageInfo.tileInstanced = true;
         }
-        if (!releaseHelper || releaseHelper->isLocalOnlyAllowed()) {
+        if (!releaseHelper ||
+            releaseHelper->isLocalOnlyAllowed() ||
+            properties.flags.isUSMDeviceAllocation) {
             storageInfo.localOnlyRequired = true;
         }
 
diff --git a/shared/source/memory_manager/memory_manager.cpp b/shared/source/memory_manager/memory_manager.cpp
index a883c0dff1..a339b079ed 100644
--- a/shared/source/memory_manager/memory_manager.cpp
+++ b/shared/source/memory_manager/memory_manager.cpp
@@ -601,7 +601,9 @@ bool MemoryManager::getAllocationData(AllocationData &allocationData, const Allo
     case AllocationType::buffer:
     case AllocationType::svmGpu:
     case AllocationType::image:
-        if (false == allocationData.flags.uncacheable && useLocalPreferredForCacheableBuffers) {
+        if (false == allocationData.flags.uncacheable &&
+            useLocalPreferredForCacheableBuffers &&
+            false == allocationData.flags.isUSMDeviceMemory) {
             if (!allocationData.flags.preferCompressed) {
                 allocationData.storageInfo.localOnlyRequired = false;
             }
diff --git a/shared/test/unit_test/memory_manager/memory_manager_allocate_in_preferred_pool_tests.cpp b/shared/test/unit_test/memory_manager/memory_manager_allocate_in_preferred_pool_tests.cpp
index 7730ce9599..b52d68fbd4 100644
--- a/shared/test/unit_test/memory_manager/memory_manager_allocate_in_preferred_pool_tests.cpp
+++ b/shared/test/unit_test/memory_manager/memory_manager_allocate_in_preferred_pool_tests.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,17 @@ HWTEST_F(MemoryManagerGetAlloctionDataTests, givenCommandBufferAllocationTypeWhe
     EXPECT_TRUE(allocData.flags.useSystemMemory);
 }
 
+HWTEST_F(MemoryManagerGetAlloctionDataTests, givenUsmDeviceAllocationWhenGetAllocationDataIsCalledThenLocalOnlyRequiredIsSet) {
+    AllocationData allocData;
+    AllocationProperties properties(mockRootDeviceIndex, true, 10, AllocationType::buffer, false, mockDeviceBitfield);
+    properties.flags.isUSMDeviceAllocation = true;
+
+    MockMemoryManager mockMemoryManager;
+    mockMemoryManager.getAllocationData(allocData, properties, nullptr, mockMemoryManager.createStorageInfoFromProperties(properties));
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(allocData.storageInfo.localOnlyRequired);
+}
+
 TEST_F(MemoryManagerGetAlloctionDataTests, givenAllocateMemoryFlagTrueWhenHostPtrIsNotNullThenAllocationDataHasHostPtrNulled) {
     AllocationData allocData;
     char memory = 0;
diff --git a/shared/test/unit_test/memory_manager/storage_info_tests.cpp b/shared/test/unit_test/memory_manager/storage_info_tests.cpp
index 3f28719700..d755043bf1 100644
--- a/shared/test/unit_test/memory_manager/storage_info_tests.cpp
+++ b/shared/test/unit_test/memory_manager/storage_info_tests.cpp
@@ -392,6 +392,16 @@ TEST_F(MultiDeviceStorageInfoTest, whenCreatingStorageInfoForSvmGpuThenLocalOnly
     EXPECT_TRUE(storageInfo.localOnlyRequired);
 }
 
+TEST_F(MultiDeviceStorageInfoTest, whenCreatingStorageInfoForDeviceUSMAllocationThenLocalOnlyRequiredIsSet) {
+    AllocationProperties properties{mockRootDeviceIndex, false, numDevices * MemoryConstants::pageSize64k, AllocationType::buffer, false, singleTileMask};
+    properties.flags.isUSMDeviceAllocation = true;
+    auto releaseHelper = std::make_unique<MockReleaseHelper>();
+    releaseHelper->isLocalOnlyAllowedResult = false;
+    memoryManager->executionEnvironment.rootDeviceEnvironments[properties.rootDeviceIndex]->releaseHelper.reset(releaseHelper.release());
+    auto storageInfo = memoryManager->createStorageInfoFromProperties(properties);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(storageInfo.localOnlyRequired);
+}
+
 TEST_F(MultiDeviceStorageInfoTest, givenReleaseWhichDoesNotAllowLocalOnlyWhenCreatingStorageInfoForSvmGpuThenLocalOnlyFlagIsNotRequired) {
     AllocationProperties properties{mockRootDeviceIndex, false, numDevices * MemoryConstants::pageSize64k, AllocationType::svmGpu, false, singleTileMask};
     auto releaseHelper = std::make_unique<MockReleaseHelper>();