diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hip/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hip/package.py
index c05cdf852b5..e187ccbccc4 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hip/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hip/package.py
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ def set_variables(self, env):
             if self.spec.satisfies("@5.4:"):
                 env.set("HIPIFY_CLANG_PATH", paths["hipify-clang"])
             if self.spec.satisfies("@6.1:"):
-                env.prepend_path("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", self.spec["hsa-rocr-dev"].prefix.lib)
+                env.prepend_path("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", paths["hsa-rocr-dev"].lib)
 
             # hipcc recognizes HIP_PLATFORM == hcc and HIP_COMPILER == clang, even
             # though below we specified HIP_PLATFORM=rocclr and HIP_COMPILER=clang