diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp
@@
 int g_ggml_sycl_comm_root_copy = 0;
 int g_ggml_sycl_comm_rotate_root = 0;
 int g_ggml_sycl_comm_small_f32 = 0;
+int g_ggml_sycl_comm_event_barrier = 0;
 int g_ggml_sycl_enable_flash_attention = 1;
@@
         g_ggml_sycl_comm_root_copy = get_sycl_env("GGML_SYCL_COMM_ROOT_COPY", 0);
         g_ggml_sycl_comm_rotate_root = get_sycl_env("GGML_SYCL_COMM_ROTATE_ROOT", 0);
         g_ggml_sycl_comm_small_f32 = get_sycl_env("GGML_SYCL_COMM_SMALL_F32", 0);
+        g_ggml_sycl_comm_event_barrier = get_sycl_env("GGML_SYCL_COMM_EVENT_BARRIER", 0);
         g_ggml_sycl_op_stats = get_sycl_env("GGML_SYCL_OP_STATS", 0);
@@
         GGML_LOG_INFO("  GGML_SYCL_COMM_ROOT_COPY: %d\n", g_ggml_sycl_comm_root_copy);
         GGML_LOG_INFO("  GGML_SYCL_COMM_ROTATE_ROOT: %d\n", g_ggml_sycl_comm_rotate_root);
         GGML_LOG_INFO("  GGML_SYCL_COMM_SMALL_F32: %d\n", g_ggml_sycl_comm_small_f32);
+        GGML_LOG_INFO("  GGML_SYCL_COMM_EVENT_BARRIER: %d\n", g_ggml_sycl_comm_event_barrier);
         GGML_LOG_INFO("  GGML_SYCL_OP_STATS: %d\n", g_ggml_sycl_op_stats);
@@
             }
             ggml_backend_sycl_context * sycl_ctx = (ggml_backend_sycl_context *) comm_ctx->backends[i]->context;
             const queue_ptr stream = sycl_ctx->stream(sycl_ctx->device, 0);
-            stream->submit([=](sycl::handler & h) {
-                h.depends_on(reduce);
-                h.single_task([=]() {});
-            });
+            if (g_ggml_sycl_comm_event_barrier) {
+                stream->ext_oneapi_submit_barrier({reduce});
+            } else {
+                stream->submit([=](sycl::handler & h) {
+                    h.depends_on(reduce);
+                    h.single_task([=]() {});
+                });
+            }
         }