diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp
index 69acfa54e6c96..0ffdabe5bcd42 100644
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp
@@ -2692,11 +2692,8 @@ struct AMDGPUDeviceTy : public GenericDeviceTy, AMDGenericDeviceTy {
     // Perform a quick check for the named kernel in the image. The kernel
     // should be created by the 'amdgpu-lower-ctor-dtor' pass.
     GenericGlobalHandlerTy &Handler = Plugin.getGlobalHandler();
-    GlobalTy Global(Name, sizeof(void *));
-    if (auto Err = Handler.getGlobalMetadataFromImage(*this, Image, Global)) {
-      consumeError(std::move(Err));
+    if (!Handler.isSymbolInImage(*this, Image, Name))
       return Plugin::success();
-    }
 
     // Allocate and construct the AMDGPU kernel.
     AMDGPUKernelTy AMDGPUKernel(Name);
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/include/GlobalHandler.h b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/include/GlobalHandler.h
index aff10b1d504fc..fa788c5e1d02b 100644
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/include/GlobalHandler.h
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/include/GlobalHandler.h
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ class GenericGlobalHandlerTy {
   const ELF64LEObjectFile *
   getOrCreateELFObjectFile(const GenericDeviceTy &Device, DeviceImageTy &Image);
 
+  /// Returns whether the symbol named \p SymName is present in the given \p
+  /// Image.
+  bool isSymbolInImage(GenericDeviceTy &Device, DeviceImageTy &Image,
+                       StringRef SymName);
+
   /// Get the address and size of a global in the image. Address and size are
   /// return in \p ImageGlobal, the global name is passed in \p ImageGlobal.
   Error getGlobalMetadataFromImage(GenericDeviceTy &Device,
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/src/GlobalHandler.cpp b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/src/GlobalHandler.cpp
index 6cb9a366f8b2c..a3d16d3a5bcff 100644
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/src/GlobalHandler.cpp
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/src/GlobalHandler.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,26 @@ Error GenericGlobalHandlerTy::moveGlobalBetweenDeviceAndHost(
   return Plugin::success();
 }
 
+bool GenericGlobalHandlerTy::isSymbolInImage(GenericDeviceTy &Device,
+                                             DeviceImageTy &Image,
+                                             StringRef SymName) {
+  // Get the ELF object file for the image. Notice the ELF object may already
+  // be created in previous calls, so we can reuse it. If this is unsuccessful
+  // just return false as we couldn't find it.
+  const ELF64LEObjectFile *ELFObj = getOrCreateELFObjectFile(Device, Image);
+  if (!ELFObj)
+    return false;
+
+  // Search the ELF symbol using the symbol name.
+  auto SymOrErr = utils::elf::getSymbol(*ELFObj, SymName);
+  if (!SymOrErr) {
+    consumeError(SymOrErr.takeError());
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return *SymOrErr;
+}
+
 Error GenericGlobalHandlerTy::getGlobalMetadataFromImage(
     GenericDeviceTy &Device, DeviceImageTy &Image, GlobalTy &ImageGlobal) {
 
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/src/PluginInterface.cpp b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/src/PluginInterface.cpp
index 7ca874bdfbf73..e9dc78dc0fe63 100644
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/src/PluginInterface.cpp
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/src/PluginInterface.cpp
@@ -785,14 +785,9 @@ Error GenericDeviceTy::deinit(GenericPluginTy &Plugin) {
     GenericGlobalHandlerTy &GHandler = Plugin.getGlobalHandler();
     for (auto *Image : LoadedImages) {
       DeviceMemoryPoolTrackingTy ImageDeviceMemoryPoolTracking = {0, 0, ~0U, 0};
-      GlobalTy TrackerGlobal("__omp_rtl_device_memory_pool_tracker",
-                             sizeof(DeviceMemoryPoolTrackingTy),
-                             &ImageDeviceMemoryPoolTracking);
-      if (auto Err =
-              GHandler.readGlobalFromDevice(*this, *Image, TrackerGlobal)) {
-        consumeError(std::move(Err));
+      if (!GHandler.isSymbolInImage(*this, *Image,
+                                    "__omp_rtl_device_memory_pool_tracker"))
         continue;
-      }
       DeviceMemoryPoolTracking.combine(ImageDeviceMemoryPoolTracking);
     }
 
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/src/RPC.cpp b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/src/RPC.cpp
index a40bf147b2248..60e0540e96022 100644
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/src/RPC.cpp
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/src/RPC.cpp
@@ -38,14 +38,7 @@ RPCServerTy::isDeviceUsingRPC(plugin::GenericDeviceTy &Device,
                               plugin::GenericGlobalHandlerTy &Handler,
                               plugin::DeviceImageTy &Image) {
 #ifdef LIBOMPTARGET_RPC_SUPPORT
-  void *ClientPtr;
-  plugin::GlobalTy Global(rpc_client_symbol_name, sizeof(void *), &ClientPtr);
-  if (auto Err = Handler.readGlobalFromImage(Device, Image, Global)) {
-    llvm::consumeError(std::move(Err));
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  return true;
+  return Handler.isSymbolInImage(Device, Image, rpc_client_symbol_name);
 #else
   return false;
 #endif
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/cuda/src/rtl.cpp b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/cuda/src/rtl.cpp
index 698517179e4cd..7bad411b9d8e3 100644
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/cuda/src/rtl.cpp
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/cuda/src/rtl.cpp
@@ -1055,11 +1055,8 @@ struct CUDADeviceTy : public GenericDeviceTy {
     // Perform a quick check for the named kernel in the image. The kernel
     // should be created by the 'nvptx-lower-ctor-dtor' pass.
     GenericGlobalHandlerTy &Handler = Plugin.getGlobalHandler();
-    GlobalTy Global(KernelName, sizeof(void *));
-    if (auto Err = Handler.getGlobalMetadataFromImage(*this, Image, Global)) {
-      consumeError(std::move(Err));
+    if (!Handler.isSymbolInImage(*this, Image, KernelName))
       return Plugin::success();
-    }
 
     // The Nvidia backend cannot handle creating the ctor / dtor array
     // automatically so we must create it ourselves. The backend will emit