diff --git a/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/CudaTest.java b/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/CudaTest.java
index 2edd7f36cb7..9aaa9cee916 100644
--- a/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/CudaTest.java
+++ b/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/CudaTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2021-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package ai.rapids.cudf;
 
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
@@ -34,13 +33,13 @@ public void testGetCudaRuntimeInfo() {
     assertEquals(Cuda.getNativeComputeMode(), Cuda.getComputeMode().nativeId);
   }
 
-  @Tag("noSanitizer")
   @Test
   public void testCudaException() {
     assertThrows(CudaException.class, () -> {
           try {
-            Cuda.memset(Long.MAX_VALUE, (byte) 0, 1024);
-          } catch (CudaFatalException ignored) {
+            Cuda.freePinned(-1L);
+          } catch (CudaFatalException fatalEx) {
+            throw new AssertionError("Expected UnFatalError but got FatalError: " + fatalEx);
           } catch (CudaException ex) {
             assertEquals(CudaException.CudaError.cudaErrorInvalidValue, ex.getCudaError());
             throw ex;