diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/spmm.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/spmm.hpp
index c2fdd64574..59f0bcef81 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/spmm.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/spmm.hpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace linalg {
  * @param[in] x input raft::device_csr_matrix_view
  * @param[in] y input raft::device_matrix_view
  * @param[in] beta scalar
- * @param[out] z output raft::device_matrix_view
+ * @param[inout] z input-output raft::device_matrix_view
  */
 template <typename ValueType,
           typename IndexType,
@@ -60,9 +60,12 @@ void spmm(raft::resources const& handle,
 {
   bool is_row_major = detail::is_row_major(y, z);
 
+  auto z_tmp_view = raft::make_device_strided_matrix_view<ValueType, IndexType, LayoutPolicyZ>(
+    z.data_handle(), z.extent(0), z.extent(1), is_row_major ? z.stride(0) : z.stride(1));
+
   auto descr_x = detail::create_descriptor(x);
   auto descr_y = detail::create_descriptor(y);
-  auto descr_z = detail::create_descriptor(z);
+  auto descr_z = detail::create_descriptor(z_tmp_view);
 
   detail::spmm(handle, trans_x, trans_y, is_row_major, alpha, descr_x, descr_y, beta, descr_z);