diff --git a/devito/arch/compiler.py b/devito/arch/compiler.py
index 33186ead9c..fbe160fe6f 100644
--- a/devito/arch/compiler.py
+++ b/devito/arch/compiler.py
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ def __init_finalize__(self, **kwargs):
         platform = kwargs.pop('platform', configuration['platform'])
 
         if platform is NVIDIAX:
-            self.cflags.append('-gpu=pinned')
+            self.cflags.append('-gpu=mem:separate:pinnedalloc')
             if language == 'openacc':
                 self.cflags.extend(['-mp', '-acc:gpu'])
             elif language == 'openmp':