diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/papi/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/papi/package.py
index ffb25ef6dea..82e4c323f56 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/papi/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/papi/package.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def setup_build_environment(self, env):
         if "^cuda" in spec:
             env.set("PAPI_CUDA_ROOT", spec["cuda"].prefix)
         if "+rocm" in spec:
-            env.set("PAPI_ROCM_ROOT", spec["hsa-rocr-dev"].prefix)
+            env.set("PAPI_ROCM_ROOT", spec["hip"].prefix)
             env.append_flags("CFLAGS", "-I%s/rocprofiler/include" % spec["rocprofiler-dev"].prefix)
             env.set(
                 "ROCP_METRICS", "%s/rocprofiler/lib/metrics.xml" % spec["rocprofiler-dev"].prefix