diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/src/api.cpp b/openmp/libomptarget/src/api.cpp
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/src/api.cpp
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/src/api.cpp
@@ -108,8 +108,12 @@
   DeviceTy &Device = *PM->Devices[device_num];
   bool IsLast; // not used
   bool IsHostPtr;
+  // omp_target_is_present tests whether a host pointer refers to storage that
+  // is mapped to a given device. However, due to the lack of the storage size,
+  // only check 1 byte. Cannot set size 0 which checks whether the pointer (zero
+  // lengh array) is mapped instead of the referred storage.
   TargetPointerResultTy TPR =
-      Device.getTgtPtrBegin(const_cast<void *>(ptr), 0, IsLast,
+      Device.getTgtPtrBegin(const_cast<void *>(ptr), 1, IsLast,
                             /*UpdateRefCount=*/false,
                             /*UseHoldRefCount=*/false, IsHostPtr);
   int rc = (TPR.TargetPointer != NULL);
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/test/mapping/target_implicit_partial_map.c b/openmp/libomptarget/test/mapping/target_implicit_partial_map.c
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/test/mapping/target_implicit_partial_map.c
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/test/mapping/target_implicit_partial_map.c
@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@
 
 #pragma omp target data map(alloc: arr[50:2]) // partially mapped
   {
+    // CHECK: arr[50] must present: 1
+    fprintf(stderr, "arr[50] must present: %d\n",
+            omp_target_is_present(&arr[50], omp_get_default_device()));
+
+    // CHECK: arr[0] should not present: 0
+    fprintf(stderr, "arr[0] should not present: %d\n",
+            omp_target_is_present(&arr[0], omp_get_default_device()));
+
+    // CHECK: arr[49] should not present: 0
+    fprintf(stderr, "arr[49] should not present: %d\n",
+            omp_target_is_present(&arr[49], omp_get_default_device()));
+
 #pragma omp target // would implicitly map with full size but already present
     {
       arr[50] = 5;
@@ -20,8 +32,8 @@
     } // must treat as present (dec ref count) even though full size not present
   } // wouldn't delete if previous ref count dec didn't happen
 
-  // CHECK: still present: 0
-  fprintf(stderr, "still present: %d\n",
+  // CHECK: arr[50] still present: 0
+  fprintf(stderr, "arr[50] still present: %d\n",
           omp_target_is_present(&arr[50], omp_get_default_device()));
 
   return 0;