diff --git a/flang/lib/Lower/ConvertVariable.cpp b/flang/lib/Lower/ConvertVariable.cpp
index 70fa32d621e2f1..f76d44f5479d32 100644
--- a/flang/lib/Lower/ConvertVariable.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Lower/ConvertVariable.cpp
@@ -478,6 +478,20 @@ void Fortran::lower::createGlobalInitialization(
   builder.restoreInsertionPoint(insertPt);
 }
 
+static unsigned getAllocatorIdx(cuf::DataAttributeAttr dataAttr) {
+  if (dataAttr) {
+    if (dataAttr.getValue() == cuf::DataAttribute::Pinned)
+      return kPinnedAllocatorPos;
+    if (dataAttr.getValue() == cuf::DataAttribute::Device)
+      return kDeviceAllocatorPos;
+    if (dataAttr.getValue() == cuf::DataAttribute::Managed)
+      return kManagedAllocatorPos;
+    if (dataAttr.getValue() == cuf::DataAttribute::Unified)
+      return kUnifiedAllocatorPos;
+  }
+  return kDefaultAllocator;
+}
+
 /// Create the global op and its init if it has one
 static fir::GlobalOp defineGlobal(Fortran::lower::AbstractConverter &converter,
                                   const Fortran::lower::pft::Variable &var,
@@ -540,8 +554,10 @@ static fir::GlobalOp defineGlobal(Fortran::lower::AbstractConverter &converter,
       // Create unallocated/disassociated descriptor if no explicit init
       Fortran::lower::createGlobalInitialization(
           builder, global, [&](fir::FirOpBuilder &b) {
-            mlir::Value box =
-                fir::factory::createUnallocatedBox(b, loc, symTy, std::nullopt);
+            mlir::Value box = fir::factory::createUnallocatedBox(
+                b, loc, symTy,
+                /*nonDeferredParams=*/std::nullopt,
+                /*typeSourceBox=*/{}, getAllocatorIdx(dataAttr));
             b.create<fir::HasValueOp>(loc, box);
           });
     }
diff --git a/flang/test/Lower/CUDA/cuda-allocatable.cuf b/flang/test/Lower/CUDA/cuda-allocatable.cuf
index fb72f88fe415ca..6479425c58d8be 100644
--- a/flang/test/Lower/CUDA/cuda-allocatable.cuf
+++ b/flang/test/Lower/CUDA/cuda-allocatable.cuf
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 ! Test lowering of CUDA allocatable allocate/deallocate statements.
 
+module globals
+  real, device, allocatable :: a_device(:)
+  real, managed, allocatable :: a_managed(:)
+  real, pinned, allocatable :: a_pinned(:)
+end module
+
+! CHECK-LABEL: fir.global @_QMglobalsEa_device {data_attr = #cuf.cuda<device>} : !fir.box<!fir.heap<!fir.array<?xf32>>>
+! CHECK: %{{.*}} = fir.embox %{{.*}}(%{{.*}}) {allocator_idx = 2 : i32} : (!fir.heap<!fir.array<?xf32>>, !fir.shape<1>) -> !fir.box<!fir.heap<!fir.array<?xf32>>>
+
+! CHECK-LABEL: fir.global @_QMglobalsEa_managed {data_attr = #cuf.cuda<managed>} : !fir.box<!fir.heap<!fir.array<?xf32>>>
+! CHECK: %{{.*}} = fir.embox %{{.*}}(%{{.*}}) {allocator_idx = 3 : i32} : (!fir.heap<!fir.array<?xf32>>, !fir.shape<1>) -> !fir.box<!fir.heap<!fir.array<?xf32>>>
+
+! CHECK-LABEL: fir.global @_QMglobalsEa_pinned {data_attr = #cuf.cuda<pinned>} : !fir.box<!fir.heap<!fir.array<?xf32>>>
+! CHECK: %{{.*}} = fir.embox %{{.*}}(%{{.*}}) {allocator_idx = 1 : i32} : (!fir.heap<!fir.array<?xf32>>, !fir.shape<1>) -> !fir.box<!fir.heap<!fir.array<?xf32>>>
+
 subroutine sub1()
   real, allocatable, device :: a(:)
   allocate(a(10))