diff --git a/opencl/test/unit_test/test_files/igdrcl.config b/opencl/test/unit_test/test_files/igdrcl.config
index 45cb560942..2333cc007a 100644
--- a/opencl/test/unit_test/test_files/igdrcl.config
+++ b/opencl/test/unit_test/test_files/igdrcl.config
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ 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 ae6a34b90b..6588128fe0 100644
--- a/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
+++ b/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ 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")
diff --git a/shared/source/os_interface/linux/os_interface.cpp b/shared/source/os_interface/linux/os_interface.cpp
index a534ab7cae..fdc90e5a6a 100644
--- a/shared/source/os_interface/linux/os_interface.cpp
+++ b/shared/source/os_interface/linux/os_interface.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ bool RootDeviceEnvironment::initOsInterface(std::unique_ptr<HwDeviceId> &&hwDevi
         return false;
     }
 
-    memoryOperationsInterface = DrmMemoryOperationsHandler::create(*drm, rootDeviceIndex);
     osInterface.reset(new OSInterface());
     osInterface->get()->setDrm(drm);
     auto hardwareInfo = getMutableHardwareInfo();
@@ -56,6 +55,7 @@ bool RootDeviceEnvironment::initOsInterface(std::unique_ptr<HwDeviceId> &&hwDevi
     if (hwConfig->configureHwInfo(hardwareInfo, hardwareInfo, osInterface.get())) {
         return false;
     }
+    memoryOperationsInterface = DrmMemoryOperationsHandler::create(*drm, rootDeviceIndex);
     return true;
 }
 } // namespace NEO