diff --git a/streamexecutor/include/streamexecutor/DeviceMemory.h b/streamexecutor/include/streamexecutor/DeviceMemory.h
index b7cd3d1..1cbeac2 100644
--- a/streamexecutor/include/streamexecutor/DeviceMemory.h
+++ b/streamexecutor/include/streamexecutor/DeviceMemory.h
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@
   /// Gets the number of elements in this slice.
   size_t getElementCount() const { return ElementCount; }
 
+  /// Returns the number of bytes that can fit in this slice.
+  size_t getByteCount() const { return ElementCount * sizeof(ElemT); }
+
   /// Creates a slice of the memory with the first DropCount elements removed.
   GlobalDeviceMemorySlice<ElemT> drop_front(size_t DropCount) const {
     assert(DropCount <= ElementCount &&
@@ -175,6 +178,9 @@
   /// allocation.
   size_t getElementCount() const { return ByteCount / sizeof(ElemT); }
 
+  /// Returns the number of bytes that can fit in this memory buffer.
+  size_t getByteCount() const { return ByteCount; }
+
   /// Converts this memory object into a slice.
   GlobalDeviceMemorySlice<ElemT> asSlice() const {
     return GlobalDeviceMemorySlice<ElemT>(*this);
@@ -224,10 +230,13 @@
   /// Copy-assignable because it is just an array size.
   SharedDeviceMemory &operator=(const SharedDeviceMemory &) = default;
 
-  /// Returns the number of elements of type ElemT that can fit this memory
+  /// Returns the number of elements of type ElemT that can fit in this memory
   /// buffer.
   size_t getElementCount() const { return ElementCount; }
 
+  /// Returns the number of bytes that can fit in this memory buffer.
+  size_t getByteCount() const { return ElementCount * sizeof(ElemT); }
+
   /// Returns whether this is a single-element memory buffer.
   bool isScalar() const { return getElementCount() == 1; }
 
diff --git a/streamexecutor/lib/unittests/PackedKernelArgumentArrayTest.cpp b/streamexecutor/lib/unittests/PackedKernelArgumentArrayTest.cpp
index 929af07..3fe2563 100644
--- a/streamexecutor/lib/unittests/PackedKernelArgumentArrayTest.cpp
+++ b/streamexecutor/lib/unittests/PackedKernelArgumentArrayTest.cpp
@@ -101,16 +101,16 @@
 
 TEST_F(DeviceMemoryPackingTest, SingleTypedShared) {
   auto Array = se::make_kernel_argument_pack(TypedShared);
-  ExpectEqual(nullptr, TypedShared.getElementCount() * sizeof(int),
-              Type::SHARED_DEVICE_MEMORY, Array, 0);
+  ExpectEqual(nullptr, TypedShared.getByteCount(), Type::SHARED_DEVICE_MEMORY,
+              Array, 0);
   EXPECT_EQ(1u, Array.getArgumentCount());
   EXPECT_EQ(1u, Array.getSharedCount());
 }
 
 TEST_F(DeviceMemoryPackingTest, SingleTypedSharedPointer) {
   auto Array = se::make_kernel_argument_pack(&TypedShared);
-  ExpectEqual(nullptr, TypedShared.getElementCount() * sizeof(int),
-              Type::SHARED_DEVICE_MEMORY, Array, 0);
+  ExpectEqual(nullptr, TypedShared.getByteCount(), Type::SHARED_DEVICE_MEMORY,
+              Array, 0);
   EXPECT_EQ(1u, Array.getArgumentCount());
   EXPECT_EQ(1u, Array.getSharedCount());
 }
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@
 TEST_F(DeviceMemoryPackingTest, SingleConstTypedSharedPointer) {
   const se::SharedDeviceMemory<int> *ArgumentPointer = &TypedShared;
   auto Array = se::make_kernel_argument_pack(ArgumentPointer);
-  ExpectEqual(nullptr, TypedShared.getElementCount() * sizeof(int),
-              Type::SHARED_DEVICE_MEMORY, Array, 0);
+  ExpectEqual(nullptr, TypedShared.getByteCount(), Type::SHARED_DEVICE_MEMORY,
+              Array, 0);
   EXPECT_EQ(1u, Array.getArgumentCount());
   EXPECT_EQ(1u, Array.getSharedCount());
 }
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@
               Type::GLOBAL_DEVICE_MEMORY, Array, 2);
   ExpectEqual(TypedGlobal.getHandle(), sizeof(void *),
               Type::GLOBAL_DEVICE_MEMORY, Array, 3);
-  ExpectEqual(nullptr, TypedShared.getElementCount() * sizeof(int),
-              Type::SHARED_DEVICE_MEMORY, Array, 4);
-  ExpectEqual(nullptr, TypedShared.getElementCount() * sizeof(int),
-              Type::SHARED_DEVICE_MEMORY, Array, 5);
-  ExpectEqual(nullptr, TypedShared.getElementCount() * sizeof(int),
-              Type::SHARED_DEVICE_MEMORY, Array, 6);
+  ExpectEqual(nullptr, TypedShared.getByteCount(), Type::SHARED_DEVICE_MEMORY,
+              Array, 4);
+  ExpectEqual(nullptr, TypedShared.getByteCount(), Type::SHARED_DEVICE_MEMORY,
+              Array, 5);
+  ExpectEqual(nullptr, TypedShared.getByteCount(), Type::SHARED_DEVICE_MEMORY,
+              Array, 6);
   EXPECT_EQ(7u, Array.getArgumentCount());
   EXPECT_EQ(3u, Array.getSharedCount());
 }