diff --git a/runtime/api/api.cpp b/runtime/api/api.cpp
index 066bcbc3be..539cc5fdf6 100644
--- a/runtime/api/api.cpp
+++ b/runtime/api/api.cpp
@@ -3481,14 +3481,17 @@ cl_int clGetMemAllocInfoINTEL(
     }
 
     auto unifiedMemoryAllocation = allocationsManager->getSVMAlloc(ptr);
-    if (!unifiedMemoryAllocation) {
+    if (!unifiedMemoryAllocation && paramName != CL_MEM_ALLOC_TYPE_INTEL) {
         return CL_INVALID_VALUE;
     }
 
     GetInfoHelper info(paramValue, paramValueSize, paramValueSizeRet);
     switch (paramName) {
     case CL_MEM_ALLOC_TYPE_INTEL: {
-        if (unifiedMemoryAllocation->memoryType == InternalMemoryType::HOST_UNIFIED_MEMORY) {
+        if (!unifiedMemoryAllocation) {
+            retVal = info.set<cl_int>(CL_MEM_TYPE_UNKNOWN_INTEL);
+            return retVal;
+        } else if (unifiedMemoryAllocation->memoryType == InternalMemoryType::HOST_UNIFIED_MEMORY) {
             retVal = info.set<cl_int>(CL_MEM_TYPE_HOST_INTEL);
             return retVal;
         } else if (unifiedMemoryAllocation->memoryType == InternalMemoryType::DEVICE_UNIFIED_MEMORY) {
diff --git a/unit_tests/api/cl_unified_shared_memory_tests.inl b/unit_tests/api/cl_unified_shared_memory_tests.inl
index 6155598ce8..9bd6b384c9 100644
--- a/unit_tests/api/cl_unified_shared_memory_tests.inl
+++ b/unit_tests/api/cl_unified_shared_memory_tests.inl
@@ -149,6 +149,20 @@ TEST(clUnifiedSharedMemoryTests, whenClGetMemAllocInfoINTELisCalledWithoutSVMAll
     EXPECT_EQ(CL_INVALID_VALUE, retVal);
 }
 
+TEST(clUnifiedSharedMemoryTests, whenClGetMemAllocInfoINTELisCalledWithAllocationTypeParamNameAndWithoutUnifiedSharedMemoryAllocationThenProperFieldsAreSet) {
+    MockContext mockContext;
+    cl_int retVal = CL_SUCCESS;
+    size_t paramValueSize = sizeof(cl_int);
+    cl_int paramValue = 0;
+    size_t paramValueSizeRet = 0;
+
+    retVal = clGetMemAllocInfoINTEL(&mockContext, nullptr, CL_MEM_ALLOC_TYPE_INTEL, paramValueSize, &paramValue, &paramValueSizeRet);
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(CL_MEM_TYPE_UNKNOWN_INTEL, paramValue);
+    EXPECT_EQ(sizeof(cl_int), paramValueSizeRet);
+    EXPECT_EQ(CL_SUCCESS, retVal);
+}
+
 TEST(clUnifiedSharedMemoryTests, whenClGetMemAllocInfoINTELisCalledWithValidUnifiedMemoryHostAllocationThenProperFieldsAreSet) {
     MockContext mockContext;
     cl_int retVal = CL_SUCCESS;