diff --git a/config/m4/rocm.m4 b/config/m4/rocm.m4
index db4afcf2a7c..ab58b6dce4d 100644
--- a/config/m4/rocm.m4
+++ b/config/m4/rocm.m4
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([rocm],
     [with_rocm=guess])
 
 rocm_happy=no
+hip_happy=no
 AS_IF([test "x$with_rocm" != "xno"],
     [AS_CASE(["x$with_rocm"],
         [x|xguess|xyes],