diff --git a/dpctl/tensor/_searchsorted.py b/dpctl/tensor/_searchsorted.py
index eb24c2e9b4..3091c8fc5b 100644
--- a/dpctl/tensor/_searchsorted.py
+++ b/dpctl/tensor/_searchsorted.py
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
 
 from ._copy_utils import _empty_like_orderK
 from ._ctors import empty
-from ._data_types import int32, int64
 from ._tensor_impl import _copy_usm_ndarray_into_usm_ndarray as ti_copy
 from ._tensor_impl import _take as ti_take
+from ._tensor_impl import (
+    default_device_index_type as ti_default_device_index_type,
+)
 from ._tensor_sorting_impl import _searchsorted_left, _searchsorted_right
-from ._type_utils import iinfo, isdtype, result_type
+from ._type_utils import isdtype, result_type
 from ._usmarray import usm_ndarray
 
 
@@ -141,9 +143,9 @@ def searchsorted(
             x2 = x2_buf
 
     dst_usm_type = du.get_coerced_usm_type([x1.usm_type, x2.usm_type])
-    dst_dt = int32 if x2.size <= iinfo(int32).max else int64
+    index_dt = ti_default_device_index_type(q)
 
-    dst = _empty_like_orderK(x2, dst_dt, usm_type=dst_usm_type)
+    dst = _empty_like_orderK(x2, index_dt, usm_type=dst_usm_type)
 
     if side == "left":
         ht_ev, _ = _searchsorted_left(
diff --git a/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_searchsorted.py b/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_searchsorted.py
index caddfb2550..5004f71b70 100644
--- a/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_searchsorted.py
+++ b/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_searchsorted.py
@@ -11,20 +11,29 @@ def _check(hay_stack, needles, needles_np):
     assert hay_stack.dtype == needles.dtype
     assert hay_stack.ndim == 1
 
+    info_ = dpt.__array_namespace_info__()
+    default_dts_dev = info_.default_dtypes(hay_stack.device)
+    index_dt = default_dts_dev["indexing"]
+
     p_left = dpt.searchsorted(hay_stack, needles, side="left")
+    assert p_left.dtype == index_dt
 
     hs_np = dpt.asnumpy(hay_stack)
     ref_left = np.searchsorted(hs_np, needles_np, side="left")
     assert dpt.all(p_left == dpt.asarray(ref_left))
 
     p_right = dpt.searchsorted(hay_stack, needles, side="right")
+    assert p_right.dtype == index_dt
+
     ref_right = np.searchsorted(hs_np, needles_np, side="right")
     assert dpt.all(p_right == dpt.asarray(ref_right))
 
     sorter = dpt.arange(hay_stack.size)
     ps_left = dpt.searchsorted(hay_stack, needles, side="left", sorter=sorter)
+    assert ps_left.dtype == index_dt
     assert dpt.all(ps_left == p_left)
     ps_right = dpt.searchsorted(hay_stack, needles, side="right", sorter=sorter)
+    assert ps_right.dtype == index_dt
     assert dpt.all(ps_right == p_right)