diff --git a/opencl/source/api/api.cpp b/opencl/source/api/api.cpp
index abcf9f58bc..2d233f29ae 100644
--- a/opencl/source/api/api.cpp
+++ b/opencl/source/api/api.cpp
@@ -2892,19 +2892,22 @@ cl_int CL_API_CALL clEnqueueReadImage(cl_command_queue commandQueue,
             TRACING_EXIT(ClEnqueueReadImage, &retVal);
             return retVal;
         }
-
-        retVal = pCommandQueue->enqueueReadImage(
-            pImage,
-            blockingRead,
-            origin,
-            region,
-            rowPitch,
-            slicePitch,
-            ptr,
-            nullptr,
-            numEventsInWaitList,
-            eventWaitList,
-            event);
+        if (pCommandQueue->isValidForStagingTransferImage(pImage, ptr, numEventsInWaitList > 0)) {
+            retVal = pCommandQueue->enqueueStagingReadImage(pImage, blockingRead, origin, region, rowPitch, slicePitch, ptr, event);
+        } else {
+            retVal = pCommandQueue->enqueueReadImage(
+                pImage,
+                blockingRead,
+                origin,
+                region,
+                rowPitch,
+                slicePitch,
+                ptr,
+                nullptr,
+                numEventsInWaitList,
+                eventWaitList,
+                event);
+        }
     }
     DBG_LOG_INPUTS("event", getClFileLogger().getEvents(reinterpret_cast<const uintptr_t *>(event), 1u));
     TRACING_EXIT(ClEnqueueReadImage, &retVal);
diff --git a/opencl/test/unit_test/api/cl_enqueue_read_image_tests.inl b/opencl/test/unit_test/api/cl_enqueue_read_image_tests.inl
index 083e6f7e40..36e0625b62 100644
--- a/opencl/test/unit_test/api/cl_enqueue_read_image_tests.inl
+++ b/opencl/test/unit_test/api/cl_enqueue_read_image_tests.inl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2018-2023 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2024 Intel Corporation
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -205,4 +205,33 @@ TEST_F(ClEnqueueReadImageYuv, GivenInvalidRegionWhenReadingYuvImageThenInvalidVa
     retVal = clReleaseMemObject(image);
     EXPECT_EQ(CL_SUCCESS, retVal);
 }
+
+TEST_F(ClEnqueueReadImageTests, givenStagingEnabledWhenEnqueueReadImageCalledThenReadSuccesfullAndStagingBufferAllocated) {
+    DebugManagerStateRestore restorer;
+    debugManager.flags.EnableCopyWithStagingBuffers.set(1);
+    imageFormat.image_channel_order = CL_RGBA;
+    auto image = Image::validateAndCreateImage(pContext, nullptr, CL_MEM_READ_WRITE, 0, &imageFormat, &imageDesc, nullptr, retVal);
+    ASSERT_EQ(CL_SUCCESS, retVal);
+    EXPECT_NE(nullptr, image);
+    const size_t origin[] = {2, 2, 0};
+    const size_t region[] = {2, 2, 1};
+    char nonUsmPtr[1024];
+    auto retVal = clEnqueueReadImage(
+        pCommandQueue,
+        image,
+        false,
+        origin,
+        region,
+        0,
+        0,
+        nonUsmPtr,
+        0,
+        nullptr,
+        nullptr);
+    auto unifiedMemoryManager = pContext->getSVMAllocsManager();
+    EXPECT_EQ(1u, unifiedMemoryManager->getNumAllocs());
+    EXPECT_EQ(CL_SUCCESS, retVal);
+    retVal = clReleaseMemObject(image);
+    EXPECT_EQ(CL_SUCCESS, retVal);
+}
 } // namespace ULT