diff --git a/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl b/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
index 96f52b7bde..108f533f84 100644
--- a/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
+++ b/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, PrintBOChunkingLogs, false, "Print some logs on BO
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, EnableBOChunkingPrefetch, false, "Enables prefetching of Shared Memory chunks")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, EnableBOChunkingDevMemPrefetch, false, "Enables prefetching of Device Memory chunks")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, EnableBOChunkingPreferredLocationHint, false, "Enables preferred location advise on chunks")
-DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, DestroyAllocationsViaGmm, false, "Use DeAllocate2 wrapper instead of raw GDI destroy allocations")
+DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, DestroyAllocationsViaGmm, true, "Use DeAllocate2 wrapper instead of raw GDI destroy allocations")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, EnableCompatibilityMode, true, "Enables compatibility mode for platforms which can use precompiled base platform configuration")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int32_t, EnableBOChunking, -1, "Enables use of chunking of BOs in the KMD, mask: -1 = default, 0 = no chunking, 1 = shared allocations only, 2 = multi-tile device allocations only, 3 = shared and multi-tile device allocations .")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int32_t, NumberOfBOChunks, 2, "Number of chunks to use")
diff --git a/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config b/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config
index f35351c610..88ba71fe1c 100644
--- a/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config
+++ b/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ PrintBOChunkingLogs = 0
 EnableBOChunkingPrefetch = 0
 EnableBOChunkingDevMemPrefetch = 0
 EnableBOChunkingPreferredLocationHint = 0
-DestroyAllocationsViaGmm = 0
+DestroyAllocationsViaGmm = 1
 EnableCompatibilityMode = 1
 NumberOfBOChunks = 2
 SetBOChunkingSize = -1