diff --git a/dpctl/apis/include/dpctl4pybind11.hpp b/dpctl/apis/include/dpctl4pybind11.hpp
index cc90480b50..cc9bfa3171 100644
--- a/dpctl/apis/include/dpctl4pybind11.hpp
+++ b/dpctl/apis/include/dpctl4pybind11.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
 #include "dpctl_capi.h"
 #include <CL/sycl.hpp>
 #include <complex>
+#include <memory>
 #include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
+#include <vector>
 
 namespace py = pybind11;
 
@@ -497,4 +499,38 @@ class usm_ndarray : public py::object
 };
 
 } // end namespace tensor
+
+namespace utils
+{
+
+template <std::size_t num>
+sycl::event keep_args_alive(sycl::queue q,
+                            const py::object (&py_objs)[num],
+                            const std::vector<sycl::event> &depends = {})
+{
+    sycl::event host_task_ev = q.submit([&](sycl::handler &cgh) {
+        cgh.depends_on(depends);
+        std::array<std::shared_ptr<py::handle>, num> shp_arr;
+        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < num; ++i) {
+            shp_arr[i] = std::make_shared<py::handle>(py_objs[i]);
+            shp_arr[i]->inc_ref();
+        }
+        cgh.host_task([=]() {
+            bool guard = (Py_IsInitialized() && !_Py_IsFinalizing());
+            if (guard) {
+                PyGILState_STATE gstate;
+                gstate = PyGILState_Ensure();
+                for (std::size_t i = 0; i < num; ++i) {
+                    shp_arr[i]->dec_ref();
+                }
+                PyGILState_Release(gstate);
+            }
+        });
+    });
+
+    return host_task_ev;
+}
+
+} // end namespace utils
+
 } // end namespace dpctl
diff --git a/dpctl/tensor/libtensor/source/tensor_py.cpp b/dpctl/tensor/libtensor/source/tensor_py.cpp
index 4b378ae306..454d83d6ea 100644
--- a/dpctl/tensor/libtensor/source/tensor_py.cpp
+++ b/dpctl/tensor/libtensor/source/tensor_py.cpp
@@ -342,33 +342,7 @@ std::vector<py::ssize_t> f_contiguous_strides(int nd,
     }
 }
 
-template <std::size_t num>
-sycl::event keep_args_alive(sycl::queue q,
-                            const py::object (&py_objs)[num],
-                            const std::vector<sycl::event> &depends = {})
-{
-    sycl::event host_task_ev = q.submit([&](sycl::handler &cgh) {
-        cgh.depends_on(depends);
-        std::array<std::shared_ptr<py::handle>, num> shp_arr;
-        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < num; ++i) {
-            shp_arr[i] = std::make_shared<py::handle>(py_objs[i]);
-            shp_arr[i]->inc_ref();
-        }
-        cgh.host_task([=]() {
-            bool guard = (Py_IsInitialized() && !_Py_IsFinalizing());
-            if (guard) {
-                PyGILState_STATE gstate;
-                gstate = PyGILState_Ensure();
-                for (std::size_t i = 0; i < num; ++i) {
-                    shp_arr[i]->dec_ref();
-                }
-                PyGILState_Release(gstate);
-            }
-        });
-    });
-
-    return host_task_ev;
-}
+using dpctl::utils::keep_args_alive;
 
 void simplify_iteration_space(int &nd,
                               const py::ssize_t *&shape,
diff --git a/examples/pybind11/onemkl_gemv/sycl_gemm/_onemkl.cpp b/examples/pybind11/onemkl_gemv/sycl_gemm/_onemkl.cpp
index 4a3df41f55..569428004f 100644
--- a/examples/pybind11/onemkl_gemv/sycl_gemm/_onemkl.cpp
+++ b/examples/pybind11/onemkl_gemv/sycl_gemm/_onemkl.cpp
@@ -8,34 +8,7 @@
 
 namespace py = pybind11;
 
-sycl::event keep_args_alive(sycl::queue q,
-                            py::object o1,
-                            py::object o2,
-                            py::object o3,
-                            const std::vector<sycl::event> &depends = {})
-{
-    sycl::event ht_event = q.submit([&](sycl::handler &cgh) {
-        cgh.depends_on(depends);
-        std::shared_ptr<py::handle> shp1 = std::make_shared<py::handle>(o1);
-        std::shared_ptr<py::handle> shp2 = std::make_shared<py::handle>(o2);
-        std::shared_ptr<py::handle> shp3 = std::make_shared<py::handle>(o3);
-        shp1->inc_ref();
-        shp2->inc_ref();
-        shp3->inc_ref();
-        cgh.host_task([=]() {
-            bool guard = (Py_IsInitialized() && !_Py_IsFinalizing());
-            if (guard) {
-                PyGILState_STATE gstate;
-                gstate = PyGILState_Ensure();
-                shp1->dec_ref();
-                shp2->dec_ref();
-                shp3->dec_ref();
-                PyGILState_Release(gstate);
-            }
-        });
-    });
-    return ht_event;
-}
+using dpctl::utils::keep_args_alive;
 
 std::pair<sycl::event, sycl::event>
 gemv(sycl::queue q,
@@ -131,7 +104,8 @@ gemv(sycl::queue q,
         throw std::runtime_error("Type dispatch ran into trouble.");
     }
 
-    sycl::event ht_event = keep_args_alive(q, matrix, vector, result, {res_ev});
+    sycl::event ht_event =
+        keep_args_alive(q, {matrix, vector, result}, {res_ev});
 
     return std::make_pair(ht_event, res_ev);
 }