diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a26c9b34b6..1a1b21d87c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ if(ADIOS2_HAVE_CUDA OR ADIOS2_HAVE_Kokkos_CUDA)
 endif()
 
 if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_HIP_ARCHITECTURES AND DEFINED Kokkos_HIP_ARCHITECTURES)
-    set(CMAKE_HIP_ARCHITECTURES Kokkos_HIP_ARCHITECTURES)
+    set(CMAKE_HIP_ARCHITECTURES ${Kokkos_HIP_ARCHITECTURES})
 endif()
 
 if(ADIOS2_HAVE_MPI)