diff --git a/include/cuda/std/barrier b/include/cuda/std/barrier
index b35e927e34..a2b0616d4c 100644
--- a/include/cuda/std/barrier
+++ b/include/cuda/std/barrier
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public:
 
     _LIBCUDACXX_INLINE_VISIBILITY
     barrier(std::ptrdiff_t __expected, std::__empty_completion __completion = std::__empty_completion()) {
-        static_assert(offsetof(barrier<thread_scope_block>, __barrier) == 0, "fatal error: bad barrier layout");
+        static_assert(_LIBCUDACXX_OFFSET_IS_ZERO(barrier<thread_scope_block>, __barrier), "fatal error: bad barrier layout");
         init(this, __expected, __completion);
     }
 
diff --git a/libcxx/include/__config b/libcxx/include/__config
index 20ed8c9ce9..8b69ccfdea 100644
--- a/libcxx/include/__config
+++ b/libcxx/include/__config
@@ -414,6 +414,12 @@ extern "C++" {
 
 #define _LIBCUDACXX_PREFERRED_ALIGNOF(_Tp) __alignof(_Tp)
 
+#if defined(_LIBCUDACXX_COMPILER_NVRTC)
+#define _LIBCUDACXX_OFFSET_IS_ZERO(type, member) !(&(((type *)0)->member))
+#else
+#define _LIBCUDACXX_OFFSET_IS_ZERO(type, member) !offsetof(type, member)
+#endif
+
 #if defined(_LIBCUDACXX_COMPILER_CLANG)
 
 // _LIBCUDACXX_ALTERNATE_STRING_LAYOUT is an old name for