diff --git a/libclc/opencl/include/clc/opencl/synchronization/utils.h b/libclc/opencl/include/clc/opencl/synchronization/utils.h
index a8841658598c1..a4f06ba8da6ac 100644
--- a/libclc/opencl/include/clc/opencl/synchronization/utils.h
+++ b/libclc/opencl/include/clc/opencl/synchronization/utils.h
@@ -13,16 +13,15 @@
 #include <clc/mem_fence/clc_mem_semantic.h>
 #include <clc/opencl/synchronization/cl_mem_fence_flags.h>
 
-_CLC_INLINE int __opencl_get_memory_scope(cl_mem_fence_flags flag) {
-  int memory_scope = 0;
+static _CLC_INLINE int __opencl_get_memory_scope(cl_mem_fence_flags flag) {
   if (flag & CLK_GLOBAL_MEM_FENCE)
-    memory_scope |= __MEMORY_SCOPE_DEVICE;
+    return __MEMORY_SCOPE_DEVICE;
   if (flag & CLK_LOCAL_MEM_FENCE)
-    memory_scope |= __MEMORY_SCOPE_WRKGRP;
-  return memory_scope;
+    return __MEMORY_SCOPE_WRKGRP;
+  return __MEMORY_SCOPE_SINGLE;
 }
 
-_CLC_INLINE __CLC_MemorySemantics
+static _CLC_INLINE __CLC_MemorySemantics
 __opencl_get_memory_semantics(cl_mem_fence_flags flag) {
   if ((flag & CLK_LOCAL_MEM_FENCE) && (flag & CLK_GLOBAL_MEM_FENCE))
     return __CLC_MEMORY_LOCAL | __CLC_MEMORY_GLOBAL;