diff --git a/intern/cycles/device/oneapi/device_impl.cpp b/intern/cycles/device/oneapi/device_impl.cpp
index e250a53f377..2dcbe3da1ae 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/device/oneapi/device_impl.cpp
+++ b/intern/cycles/device/oneapi/device_impl.cpp
@@ -388,7 +388,11 @@ void *OneapiDevice::host_alloc(const MemoryType type, const size_t size)
     /* Import host_pointer into USM memory for faster host<->device data transfers. */
     if (type == MEM_READ_WRITE || type == MEM_READ_ONLY) {
       sycl::queue *queue = reinterpret_cast<sycl::queue *>(device_queue_);
-      sycl::ext::oneapi::experimental::prepare_for_device_copy(host_pointer, size, *queue);
+      /* This API is properly implemented only in Level-Zero backend at the moment and we don't
+       * want it to fail at runtime, so we conservatively use it only for L0. */
+      if (queue->get_backend() == sycl::backend::ext_oneapi_level_zero) {
+        sycl::ext::oneapi::experimental::prepare_for_device_copy(host_pointer, size, *queue);
+      }
     }
   }
 #  endif
@@ -401,7 +405,11 @@ void OneapiDevice::host_free(const MemoryType type, void *host_pointer, const si
 #  ifdef SYCL_EXT_ONEAPI_COPY_OPTIMIZE
   if (type == MEM_READ_WRITE || type == MEM_READ_ONLY) {
     sycl::queue *queue = reinterpret_cast<sycl::queue *>(device_queue_);
-    sycl::ext::oneapi::experimental::release_from_device_copy(host_pointer, *queue);
+    /* This API is properly implemented only in Level-Zero backend at the moment and we don't
+     * want it to fail at runtime, so we conservatively use it only for L0. */
+    if (queue->get_backend() == sycl::backend::ext_oneapi_level_zero) {
+      sycl::ext::oneapi::experimental::release_from_device_copy(host_pointer, *queue);
+    }
   }
 #  endif