diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPKinds.def b/llvm/include/llvm/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPKinds.def
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPKinds.def
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPKinds.def
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
 __OMP_RTL(__kmpc_begin_sharing_variables, false, Void, VoidPtrPtrPtr, SizeTy)
 __OMP_RTL(__kmpc_end_sharing_variables, false, Void, )
 __OMP_RTL(__kmpc_get_shared_variables, false, Void, VoidPtrPtrPtr)
-__OMP_RTL(__kmpc_parallel_level, false, Int16, IdentPtr, Int32)
+__OMP_RTL(__kmpc_parallel_level, false, Int8, )
 __OMP_RTL(__kmpc_is_spmd_exec_mode, false, Int8, )
 __OMP_RTL(__kmpc_barrier_simple_spmd, false, Void, IdentPtr, Int32)
 
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/common/src/parallel.cu b/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/common/src/parallel.cu
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/common/src/parallel.cu
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/common/src/parallel.cu
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
   currTaskDescr->RestoreLoopData();
 }
 
-EXTERN uint16_t __kmpc_parallel_level() {
+EXTERN uint8_t __kmpc_parallel_level() {
   return parallelLevel[GetWarpId()] & (OMP_ACTIVE_PARALLEL_LEVEL - 1);
 }