diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/amd_aql_queue.cpp b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/amd_aql_queue.cpp
index e7a4dd086b..633a98f0ee 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/amd_aql_queue.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/amd_aql_queue.cpp
@@ -673,7 +673,11 @@ int AqlQueue::CreateRingBufferFD(const char* ring_buf_shm_path,
 #ifdef __linux__
   int fd;
 #ifdef HAVE_MEMFD_CREATE
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+  fd = memfd_create(ring_buf_shm_path, 0);
+#else
   fd = syscall(__NR_memfd_create, ring_buf_shm_path, 0);
+#endif
 
   if (fd == -1) return -1;