diff --git a/compiler/rustc_builtin_macros/src/offload.rs b/compiler/rustc_builtin_macros/src/offload.rs
index 006332b8c40c9..c8efdf016c99e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_builtin_macros/src/offload.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_builtin_macros/src/offload.rs
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ pub(crate) fn expand_kernel(
             span,
             ecx.path_global(
                 span,
-                [sym::std, sym::unimplemented].map(|s| Ident::new(s, span)).to_vec(),
+                [sym::core, sym::unimplemented].map(|s| Ident::new(s, span)).to_vec(),
             ),
             Delimiter::Parenthesis,
             TokenStream::default(),
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/queries.rs b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/queries.rs
index 490888f87b38e..51e26d4ba5044 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/queries.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/queries.rs
@@ -128,6 +128,18 @@ impl Linker {
         // any more, we can finalize it (which involves renaming it)
         rustc_incremental::finalize_session_directory(sess, incr_comp_session, self.crate_hash);
 
+        // The `HostMetadata` offload pass only writes the kernel manifest.
+        // Codegen was already skipped so there are no files to link.
+        if sess
+            .opts
+            .unstable_opts
+            .offload
+            .iter()
+            .any(|o| matches!(o, config::Offload::HostMetadata(_)))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
         if !sess
             .opts
             .output_types
diff --git a/tests/run-make/offload-host-std-device-nostd/example.rs b/tests/run-make/offload-host-std-device-nostd/example.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..03b76ae8be06f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-make/offload-host-std-device-nostd/example.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#![feature(gpu_offload, rustc_attrs)]
+#![allow(internal_features)]
+#![cfg_attr(device, no_std)]
+#![cfg_attr(device, no_main)]
+
+#[cfg(device)]
+#[panic_handler]
+fn panic(_: &core::panic::PanicInfo) -> ! {
+    loop {}
+}
+
+#[rustc_offload_kernel]
+fn kernel() {}
+
+#[cfg(not(device))]
+fn main() {
+    core::offload::offload! {
+        kernel = kernel,
+        args = (),
+    }
+    println!("Hello from Host with std");
+}
diff --git a/tests/run-make/offload-host-std-device-nostd/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/offload-host-std-device-nostd/rmake.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..35f408e8b1cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-make/offload-host-std-device-nostd/rmake.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+//@ needs-offload
+
+// Tests offload with no-std in device and std in host
+
+use run_make_support::{cwd, rfs, rustc};
+
+fn main() {
+    rustc()
+        .input("example.rs")
+        .arg("-Zunstable-options")
+        .arg("-Zoffload=HostMetadata=example.manifest")
+        .arg("-Csymbol-mangling-version=v0")
+        .arg("-Clto=fat")
+        .emit("metadata")
+        .run();
+
+    rustc()
+        .input("example.rs")
+        .cfg("device")
+        .arg("-Zunstable-options")
+        .arg("-Zoffload=Device=example.manifest")
+        .arg("-Csymbol-mangling-version=v0")
+        .arg("-Clto=fat")
+        .arg("-Cpanic=abort")
+        .emit("obj")
+        .run();
+
+    rfs::write(cwd().join("device.bin"), [0u8; 8]);
+
+    rustc()
+        .input("example.rs")
+        .arg("-Zunstable-options")
+        .arg(format!("-Zoffload=Host={}", cwd().join("device.bin").display()))
+        .arg("-Csymbol-mangling-version=v0")
+        .arg("-Clto=fat")
+        .emit("obj")
+        .run();
+
+    assert!(cwd().join("host.o").exists());
+}
diff --git a/tests/ui/offload/duplicate_kernel.rs b/tests/ui/offload/duplicate_kernel.rs
index da667a0c0666a..7dd8d7ee11225 100644
--- a/tests/ui/offload/duplicate_kernel.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/offload/duplicate_kernel.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // An offload kernel whose mangled symbol collides with another item in the
 // same crate must be rejected, just like any other symbol collision.
 
-#![feature(core_intrinsics, rustc_attrs)]
+#![feature(rustc_attrs, gpu_offload)]
 #![allow(internal_features)]
 
 #[allow(non_snake_case)]
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ fn kernel(_x: f32) {}
 
 fn main() {
     _RNvC19collision_kernels_a6kernel(0.0);
-    core::intrinsics::offload::<_, _, ()>(kernel, [1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1], 0, -1, (0.0f32,));
+    core::offload::offload! { kernel = kernel, args = (0.0f32,) }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/offload/non_tuple_args.rs b/tests/ui/offload/non_tuple_args.rs
index 14de21b2374a2..2c63b6d6abe81 100644
--- a/tests/ui/offload/non_tuple_args.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/offload/non_tuple_args.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 //@ compile-flags: -Zunstable-options -Zoffload=Device -Clto=fat
 
-#![feature(core_intrinsics)]
+#![feature(gpu_offload)]
 
 fn main() {
     // args_ty is not a tuple
-    core::intrinsics::offload::<_, _, ()>(kernel_0, [1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1], 0, -1, 42);
+    core::offload::offload! { kernel = kernel_0, args = 42 }
     //~^ ERROR `{integer}` is not a tuple
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/offload/non_tuple_args.stderr b/tests/ui/offload/non_tuple_args.stderr
index 90b0f16bec53e..26687d4b4bbb7 100644
--- a/tests/ui/offload/non_tuple_args.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/offload/non_tuple_args.stderr
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 error[E0277]: `{integer}` is not a tuple
-  --> $DIR/non_tuple_args.rs:7:36
+  --> $DIR/non_tuple_args.rs:7:5
    |
-LL |     core::intrinsics::offload::<_, _, ()>(kernel_0, [1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1], 0, -1, 42);
-   |                                    ^ the nightly-only, unstable trait `std::marker::Tuple` is not implemented for `{integer}`
+LL |     core::offload::offload! { kernel = kernel_0, args = 42 }
+   |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the nightly-only, unstable trait `std::marker::Tuple` is not implemented for `{integer}`
    |
 note: required by a bound in `offload`
   --> $SRC_DIR/core/src/intrinsics/mod.rs:LL:COL
+   = note: this error originates in the macro `$crate::offload` which comes from the expansion of the macro `core::offload::offload` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)
 
 error: aborting due to 1 previous error