diff --git a/build_files/cmake/Modules/FindHIP.cmake b/build_files/cmake/Modules/FindHIP.cmake
index 64567d57fa7..9c45309ceae 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/Modules/FindHIP.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/Modules/FindHIP.cmake
@@ -46,22 +46,23 @@ if(HIP_HIPCC_EXECUTABLE)
   set(HIP_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
   set(HIP_VERSION_MINOR 0)
   set(HIP_VERSION_PATCH 0)
-  set(_hipcc_executable ${HIP_HIPCC_EXECUTABLE})
 
   # Get version from the header.
-  file(STRINGS "${HIP_ROOT_DIR}/include/hip/hip_version.h" _tmp REGEX "^#define HIP_VERSION_MAJOR.*$")
-  string(REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9]+" HIP_VERSION_MAJOR ${_tmp})
-  file(STRINGS "${HIP_ROOT_DIR}/include/hip/hip_version.h" _tmp REGEX "^#define HIP_VERSION_MINOR.*$")
-  string(REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9]+" HIP_VERSION_MINOR ${_tmp})
-  file(STRINGS "${HIP_ROOT_DIR}/include/hip/hip_version.h" _tmp REGEX "^#define HIP_VERSION_PATCH.*$")
-  string(REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9]+" HIP_VERSION_PATCH ${_tmp})
-  unset(_tmp)
+  set(_hip_version_file "${HIP_ROOT_DIR}/include/hip/hip_version.h")
+  if(EXISTS ${_hip_version_file})
+    file(STRINGS ${_hip_version_file} _tmp REGEX "^#define HIP_VERSION_MAJOR.*$")
+    string(REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9]+" HIP_VERSION_MAJOR ${_tmp})
+    file(STRINGS ${_hip_version_file} _tmp REGEX "^#define HIP_VERSION_MINOR.*$")
+    string(REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9]+" HIP_VERSION_MINOR ${_tmp})
+    file(STRINGS ${_hip_version_file} _tmp REGEX "^#define HIP_VERSION_PATCH.*$")
+    string(REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9]+" HIP_VERSION_PATCH ${_tmp})
+    unset(_tmp)
+  endif()
+  unset(_hip_version_file)
 
   # Construct full semantic version.
   set(HIP_VERSION "${HIP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${HIP_VERSION_MINOR}.${HIP_VERSION_PATCH}")
   set(HIP_VERSION_SHORT "${HIP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${HIP_VERSION_MINOR}")
-  unset(_hip_version_raw)
-  unset(_hipcc_executable)
 endif()
 
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)