diff --git a/test/libraries/cublas_level3.jl b/test/libraries/cublas_level3.jl
index 057284c51d..fd52ef3ea8 100644
--- a/test/libraries/cublas_level3.jl
+++ b/test/libraries/cublas_level3.jl
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ k = 13
             A = triu(rand(elty, m, m))
             B = rand(elty,m,n)
             C = alpha*A*B
-            h_C = zeros(C)
+            h_C = zeros(elty, m, n)
             CUBLAS.xt_trmm!('L','U','N','N',alpha,copy(A),copy(B),h_C)
             @test C ≈ h_C
         end