diff --git a/shared/source/memory_manager/unified_memory_manager.cpp b/shared/source/memory_manager/unified_memory_manager.cpp
index 7737658608068..936f5b95614b0 100644
--- a/shared/source/memory_manager/unified_memory_manager.cpp
+++ b/shared/source/memory_manager/unified_memory_manager.cpp
@@ -525,9 +525,10 @@ void *SVMAllocsManager::createUnifiedMemoryAllocation(size_t size,
     AllocationType allocationType = getGraphicsAllocationTypeAndCompressionPreference(memoryProperties, compressionEnabled);
 
     bool preferCompressed = true;
+    const bool multiDeviceContext = (memoryProperties.rootDeviceIndices.size() > 1);
     if (compressionEnabled && memoryProperties.device) {
         if (not memoryProperties.device->getExecutionEnvironment()->isResourceDecompressionEnabled() &&
-            memoryProperties.device->hasAnyPeerAccess().value_or(false)) {
+            (memoryProperties.device->hasAnyPeerAccess().value_or(false) || multiDeviceContext)) {
             preferCompressed = false;
         }
     }