diff --git a/test/conformance/memory/urMemRetain.cpp b/test/conformance/memory/urMemRetain.cpp
index 9d65caecf1..a176d62ef7 100644
--- a/test/conformance/memory/urMemRetain.cpp
+++ b/test/conformance/memory/urMemRetain.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ TEST_P(urMemRetainTest, CheckReferenceCount) {
                               nullptr));
   ASSERT_EQ(referenceCount, 1);
 
-  { ASSERT_SUCCESS(urMemRetain(buffer)); }
+  ASSERT_SUCCESS(urMemRetain(buffer));
 
   ASSERT_SUCCESS(urMemGetInfo(buffer, UR_MEM_INFO_REFERENCE_COUNT,
                               sizeof(referenceCount), &referenceCount,