diff --git a/test_common/harness/clImageHelper.h b/test_common/harness/clImageHelper.h
index 45395fb0..3019ff34 100644
--- a/test_common/harness/clImageHelper.h
+++ b/test_common/harness/clImageHelper.h
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ static inline cl_mem create_image_2d(cl_context context, cl_mem_flags flags,
 {
     cl_mem mImage = NULL;
 
+    if (!(flags & (CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR | CL_MEM_COPY_HOST_PTR)))
+    {
+        host_ptr = NULL;
+    }
+
 #ifdef CL_VERSION_1_2
     cl_image_desc image_desc_dest;
     image_desc_dest.image_type = CL_MEM_OBJECT_IMAGE2D;
@@ -119,6 +124,11 @@ static inline cl_mem create_image_3d(cl_context context, cl_mem_flags flags,
 {
     cl_mem mImage;
 
+    if (!(flags & (CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR | CL_MEM_COPY_HOST_PTR)))
+    {
+        host_ptr = NULL;
+    }
+
 #ifdef CL_VERSION_1_2
     cl_image_desc image_desc;
     image_desc.image_type = CL_MEM_OBJECT_IMAGE3D;
@@ -166,6 +176,11 @@ create_image_2d_array(cl_context context, cl_mem_flags flags,
 {
     cl_mem mImage;
 
+    if (!(flags & (CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR | CL_MEM_COPY_HOST_PTR)))
+    {
+        host_ptr = NULL;
+    }
+
     cl_image_desc image_desc;
     image_desc.image_type = CL_MEM_OBJECT_IMAGE2D_ARRAY;
     image_desc.image_width = image_width;
@@ -196,6 +211,11 @@ static inline cl_mem create_image_1d_array(
 {
     cl_mem mImage;
 
+    if (!(flags & (CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR | CL_MEM_COPY_HOST_PTR)))
+    {
+        host_ptr = NULL;
+    }
+
     cl_image_desc image_desc;
     image_desc.image_type = CL_MEM_OBJECT_IMAGE1D_ARRAY;
     image_desc.image_width = image_width;
@@ -227,6 +247,11 @@ static inline cl_mem create_image_1d(cl_context context, cl_mem_flags flags,
 {
     cl_mem mImage;
 
+    if (!(flags & (CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR | CL_MEM_COPY_HOST_PTR)))
+    {
+        host_ptr = NULL;
+    }
+
     cl_image_desc image_desc;
     image_desc.image_type =
         buffer ? CL_MEM_OBJECT_IMAGE1D_BUFFER : CL_MEM_OBJECT_IMAGE1D;