diff --git a/offload/plugins-nextgen/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp b/offload/plugins-nextgen/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp
index f73fa0475a3a7..8d2f9755e0351 100644
--- a/offload/plugins-nextgen/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp
+++ b/offload/plugins-nextgen/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp
@@ -3687,11 +3687,6 @@ Error AMDGPUKernelTy::launchImpl(GenericDeviceTy &GenericDevice,
                                  KernelArgsTy &KernelArgs,
                                  KernelLaunchParamsTy LaunchParams,
                                  AsyncInfoWrapperTy &AsyncInfoWrapper) const {
-  if (ArgsSize != LaunchParams.Size &&
-      ArgsSize > LaunchParams.Size + getImplicitArgsSize())
-    return Plugin::error(ErrorCode::INVALID_ARGUMENT,
-                         "invalid kernel arguments size");
-
   AMDGPUPluginTy &AMDGPUPlugin =
       static_cast<AMDGPUPluginTy &>(GenericDevice.Plugin);
   AMDHostDeviceTy &HostDevice = AMDGPUPlugin.getHostDevice();
diff --git a/offload/unittests/OffloadAPI/device_code/CMakeLists.txt b/offload/unittests/OffloadAPI/device_code/CMakeLists.txt
index 50e430597e646..1a042e1b38315 100644
--- a/offload/unittests/OffloadAPI/device_code/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/offload/unittests/OffloadAPI/device_code/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ add_offload_test_device_code(foo.cpp foo)
 add_offload_test_device_code(bar.cpp bar)
 # Compile with optimizations to eliminate AMDGPU implicit arguments.
 add_offload_test_device_code(noargs.cpp noargs -O3)
+add_offload_test_device_code(byte.cpp byte)
 add_offload_test_device_code(localmem.cpp localmem)
 add_offload_test_device_code(localmem_reduction.cpp localmem_reduction)
 add_offload_test_device_code(localmem_static.cpp localmem_static)
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ add_custom_target(offload_device_binaries DEPENDS
     foo.bin
     bar.bin
     noargs.bin
+    byte.bin
     localmem.bin
     localmem_reduction.bin
     localmem_static.bin
diff --git a/offload/unittests/OffloadAPI/device_code/byte.cpp b/offload/unittests/OffloadAPI/device_code/byte.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..779d120fefcaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/offload/unittests/OffloadAPI/device_code/byte.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#include <gpuintrin.h>
+
+extern "C" __gpu_kernel void byte(unsigned char c) { (void)c; }
diff --git a/offload/unittests/OffloadAPI/kernel/olLaunchKernel.cpp b/offload/unittests/OffloadAPI/kernel/olLaunchKernel.cpp
index 1dac8c50271b5..c9eca36a4d447 100644
--- a/offload/unittests/OffloadAPI/kernel/olLaunchKernel.cpp
+++ b/offload/unittests/OffloadAPI/kernel/olLaunchKernel.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct LaunchSingleKernelTestBase : LaunchKernelTestBase {
 
 KERNEL_TEST(Foo, foo)
 KERNEL_TEST(NoArgs, noargs)
+KERNEL_TEST(Byte, byte)
 KERNEL_TEST(LocalMem, localmem)
 KERNEL_TEST(LocalMemReduction, localmem_reduction)
 KERNEL_TEST(LocalMemStatic, localmem_static)