diff --git a/rocclr/device/rocm/rocvirtual.cpp b/rocclr/device/rocm/rocvirtual.cpp
index fd9bb7faa..c9b57bb4c 100644
--- a/rocclr/device/rocm/rocvirtual.cpp
+++ b/rocclr/device/rocm/rocvirtual.cpp
@@ -355,10 +355,9 @@ VirtualGPU::HwQueueTracker::~HwQueueTracker() {
 
 // ================================================================================================
 bool VirtualGPU::HwQueueTracker::Create() {
-  uint kSignalListSize = ROC_SIGNAL_POOL_SIZE;
-  if (activity_prof::IsEnabled(OP_ID_DISPATCH) || gpu_.profiling_) {
-    kSignalListSize = !flagIsDefault(ROC_SIGNAL_POOL_SIZE) ? ROC_SIGNAL_POOL_SIZE : 4 * Ki;
-  }
+  bool isProfile = activity_prof::IsEnabled(OP_ID_DISPATCH) || gpu_.profiling_;
+  uint kSignalListSize = isProfile ? ROC_SIGNAL_POOL_SIZE_PROFILE : ROC_SIGNAL_POOL_SIZE;
+
   signal_list_.resize(kSignalListSize);
 
   hsa_agent_t agent = gpu_.gpu_device();
diff --git a/rocclr/utils/flags.hpp b/rocclr/utils/flags.hpp
index 610151a7d..940205b21 100644
--- a/rocclr/utils/flags.hpp
+++ b/rocclr/utils/flags.hpp
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ release(uint, ROC_AQL_QUEUE_SIZE, 16384,                                      \
         "AQL queue size in AQL packets")                                      \
 release(uint, ROC_SIGNAL_POOL_SIZE, 32,                                       \
         "Initial size of HSA signal pool")                                    \
+release(uint, ROC_SIGNAL_POOL_SIZE_PROFILE, 1000,                             \
+        "Initial size of HSA signal pool")                                    \
 release(uint, DEBUG_CLR_LIMIT_BLIT_WG, 16,                                    \
         "Limit the number of workgroups in blit operations")                  \
 release(bool, ROC_SKIP_KERNEL_ARG_COPY, false,                                \