diff --git a/level_zero/core/source/event/event.cpp b/level_zero/core/source/event/event.cpp
index 01bdef4db5..3b9a2e8ca5 100644
--- a/level_zero/core/source/event/event.cpp
+++ b/level_zero/core/source/event/event.cpp
@@ -277,9 +277,11 @@ ze_result_t EventPool::getIpcHandle(ze_ipc_event_pool_handle_t *ipcHandle) {
 
     auto memoryManager = this->context->getDriverHandle()->getMemoryManager();
     auto allocation = this->eventPoolAllocations->getDefaultGraphicsAllocation();
-    if (int retCode = allocation->peekInternalHandle(memoryManager, poolData.handle); retCode != 0) {
+    uint64_t handle{};
+    if (int retCode = allocation->peekInternalHandle(memoryManager, handle); retCode != 0) {
         return ZE_RESULT_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY;
     }
+    poolData.handle = handle;
     memoryManager->registerIpcExportedAllocation(allocation);
     return ZE_RESULT_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/level_zero/tools/test/unit_tests/sources/debug/linux/prelim/test_debug_api_linux.cpp b/level_zero/tools/test/unit_tests/sources/debug/linux/prelim/test_debug_api_linux.cpp
index 55853775ad..5da6f59bed 100644
--- a/level_zero/tools/test/unit_tests/sources/debug/linux/prelim/test_debug_api_linux.cpp
+++ b/level_zero/tools/test/unit_tests/sources/debug/linux/prelim/test_debug_api_linux.cpp
@@ -5034,8 +5034,8 @@ TEST_F(DebugApiLinuxTest, GivenNonClassUuidEventWithoutPayloadWhenHandlingEventT
     session->handleEvent(reinterpret_cast<prelim_drm_i915_debug_event *>(&uuid));
 
     EXPECT_EQ(50u, session->clientHandleToConnection[MockDebugSessionLinuxi915::mockClientHandle]->uuidMap[uuid.handle].classHandle);
-    EXPECT_EQ(uuid.handle, session->clientHandleToConnection[MockDebugSessionLinuxi915::mockClientHandle]->uuidMap[uuid.handle].handle);
-    EXPECT_EQ(uuid.class_handle, session->clientHandleToConnection[MockDebugSessionLinuxi915::mockClientHandle]->uuidMap[uuid.handle].classHandle);
+    EXPECT_EQ_VAL(uuid.handle, session->clientHandleToConnection[MockDebugSessionLinuxi915::mockClientHandle]->uuidMap[uuid.handle].handle);
+    EXPECT_EQ_VAL(uuid.class_handle, session->clientHandleToConnection[MockDebugSessionLinuxi915::mockClientHandle]->uuidMap[uuid.handle].classHandle);
     EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, session->clientHandleToConnection[MockDebugSessionLinuxi915::mockClientHandle]->uuidMap[uuid.handle].data);
     EXPECT_EQ(0u, session->clientHandleToConnection[MockDebugSessionLinuxi915::mockClientHandle]->uuidMap[uuid.handle].dataSize);