diff --git a/bench/bench_gemm.c b/bench/bench_gemm.c
index 1381df369..ecb22c432 100755
--- a/bench/bench_gemm.c
+++ b/bench/bench_gemm.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
         }
 #ifndef BLIS // Incase if we are using blis interface we don't have to check for col-storage.
      #ifndef CBLAS
-        if(bli_obj_row_stride(&c) != 1)
+        if( ( stor_scheme == 'R' ) || ( stor_scheme == 'r' ) )
         {
             printf("BLAS APIs doesn't support row-storage: Enable CBLAS\n");
             continue;
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
             enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE cblas_transa;
             enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE cblas_transb;
 
-            if ( bli_obj_row_stride( &c ) == 1 )
+            if ( ( stor_scheme == 'C' ) || ( stor_scheme == 'c' ) )
               cblas_order = CblasColMajor;
             else
               cblas_order = CblasRowMajor;
diff --git a/bench/bench_gemmt.c b/bench/bench_gemmt.c
index b7c90a688..aef194135 100644
--- a/bench/bench_gemmt.c
+++ b/bench/bench_gemmt.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
             continue;
         }
 #ifndef CBLAS
-        if(bli_obj_row_stride(&c) != 1)
+        if( ( stor_scheme == 'R' ) || ( stor_scheme == 'r' ) )
         {
             printf("BLAS APIs doesn't support row-storage\n");
             continue;
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
             enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE cblas_transa;
             enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE cblas_transb;
 
-            if ( bli_obj_row_stride( &c ) == 1 )
+            if ( ( stor_scheme == 'C' ) || ( stor_scheme == 'c' ) )
                 cblas_order = CblasColMajor;
             else
                 cblas_order = CblasRowMajor;
diff --git a/bench/bench_ger.c b/bench/bench_ger.c
index 84e18d943..f6e5b27f5 100644
--- a/bench/bench_ger.c
+++ b/bench/bench_ger.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
     dim_t p_inc = 0; // to keep track of number of inputs
     num_t dt;
     char  dt_ch;
+    char stor_scheme;
     int   r, n_repeats;
 
     double   dtime;
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
     inc_t incy;
     char tmp[256]; // to store function name, line no present in logs.
 
+    stor_scheme = 'C';
 
     // {S,D,C,Z} {transa m n alpha incx incy lda}
 
@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
 #ifdef CBLAS
             enum CBLAS_ORDER     cblas_order;
 
-            if ( bli_obj_row_stride( &a ) == 1 )
+            if ( ( stor_scheme == 'C' ) || ( stor_scheme == 'c' ) )
               cblas_order = CblasColMajor;
             else
               cblas_order = CblasRowMajor;
diff --git a/bench/bench_syrk.c b/bench/bench_syrk.c
index d219ef09a..017b010df 100644
--- a/bench/bench_syrk.c
+++ b/bench/bench_syrk.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
             continue;
         }
 #ifndef CBLAS
-        if(bli_obj_row_stride(&c) != 1)
+        if( ( stor_scheme == 'R' ) || ( stor_scheme == 'r' ) )
         {
             printf("BLAS APIs doesn't support row-storage\n");
             continue;
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
             enum CBLAS_UPLO  cblas_uplo;
             enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE cblas_transa;
 
-            if ( bli_obj_row_stride( &c ) == 1 )
+            if ( ( stor_scheme == 'C' ) || ( stor_scheme == 'c' ) )
                 cblas_order = CblasColMajor;
             else
                 cblas_order = CblasRowMajor;
diff --git a/bench/bench_trsm.c b/bench/bench_trsm.c
index e7631f82a..c95f51cc8 100644
--- a/bench/bench_trsm.c
+++ b/bench/bench_trsm.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
             enum CBLAS_SIDE cblas_side;
             enum CBLAS_DIAG cblas_diag;
 
-            if ( bli_obj_row_stride( &c ) == 1 )
+            if ( ( stor_scheme == 'C' ) || ( stor_scheme == 'c' ) )
               cblas_order = CblasColMajor;
             else
               cblas_order = CblasRowMajor;