diff --git a/cpp/test/sparse/csr_row_slice.cu b/cpp/test/sparse/csr_row_slice.cu
index c8c593790f..e37827d18d 100644
--- a/cpp/test/sparse/csr_row_slice.cu
+++ b/cpp/test/sparse/csr_row_slice.cu
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class CSRRowSliceTest : public ::testing::TestWithParam<CSRRowSliceInputs<value_
                                              out_data.data(),
                                              stream);
 
-    RAFT_CHECK_CUDA(cudaStreamSynchronize(stream));
+    RAFT_CUDA_TRY(cudaStreamSynchronize(stream));
   }
 
   void compare()
diff --git a/cpp/test/sparse/csr_to_dense.cu b/cpp/test/sparse/csr_to_dense.cu
index 3194c8c98e..1a51e12bda 100644
--- a/cpp/test/sparse/csr_to_dense.cu
+++ b/cpp/test/sparse/csr_to_dense.cu
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class CSRToDenseTest : public ::testing::TestWithParam<CSRToDenseInputs<value_id
     std::vector<value_t> out_ref_h = params.out_ref_h;
 
     update_device(out_ref.data(), out_ref_h.data(), out_ref_h.size(), stream);
-    RAFT_CHECK_CUDA(cudaStreamSynchronize(stream));
+    RAFT_CUDA_TRY(cudaStreamSynchronize(stream));
   }
 
   void SetUp() override