diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/accessor.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/accessor.hpp
index b807f27f44d2a..51d3172e33e5b 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/accessor.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/accessor.hpp
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ class image_accessor
 
 #ifdef __SYCL_DEVICE_ONLY__
   // Default constructor for objects later initialized with __init member.
-  image_accessor() : MImageObj() {}
+  image_accessor() {}
 #endif
 
   // Available only when: accessTarget == access::target::host_image