diff --git a/vllm_gaudi/platform.py b/vllm_gaudi/platform.py
index d05dce25..0f12ce30 100644
--- a/vllm_gaudi/platform.py
+++ b/vllm_gaudi/platform.py
@@ -82,6 +82,24 @@ def set_device(cls, device: torch.device) -> None:
     def get_device_name(cls, device_id: int = 0) -> str:
         return cls.device_name
 
+    @classmethod
+    def get_device_total_memory(cls, device_id: int = 0) -> int:
+        """Get the total memory of a device in bytes."""
+        # NOTE: This is a workaround.
+        # The correct implementation of the method in this place should look as follows:
+        # total_hpu_memory = torch.hpu.mem_get_info()[1]
+        # A value of 0 is returned to preserve the current logic in
+        # vllm/vllm/engine/arg_utils.py → get_batch_defaults() →
+        # default_max_num_batched_tokens, in order to avoid the
+        # error in hpu_perf_test, while also preventing a
+        # NotImplementedError in test_defaults_with_usage_context.
+        logger.warning("This is a workaround! Please check the NOTE "
+                       "in the get_device_total_memory definition.")
+
+        total_hpu_memory = 0
+
+        return total_hpu_memory
+
     @classmethod
     def check_and_update_config(cls, vllm_config: VllmConfig) -> None:
         parallel_config = vllm_config.parallel_config