diff --git a/sycl/plugins/level_zero/pi_level_zero.cpp b/sycl/plugins/level_zero/pi_level_zero.cpp
index d193f1028af03..45d3eeca3cc49 100644
--- a/sycl/plugins/level_zero/pi_level_zero.cpp
+++ b/sycl/plugins/level_zero/pi_level_zero.cpp
@@ -185,10 +185,9 @@ template <> ze_result_t zeHostSynchronize(ze_event_handle_t Handle) {
 template <> ze_result_t zeHostSynchronize(ze_command_queue_handle_t Handle) {
   return zeHostSynchronizeImpl(zeCommandQueueSynchronize, Handle);
 }
-// template <>
-// ze_result_t zeHostSynchronize(ze_fence_handle_t Handle) {
-//   return zeHostSynchronizeImpl(zeFenceHostSynchronize, Handle);
-// }
+template <> ze_result_t zeHostSynchronize(ze_fence_handle_t Handle) {
+  return zeHostSynchronizeImpl(zeFenceHostSynchronize, Handle);
+}
 
 template <typename T, typename Assign>
 pi_result getInfoImpl(size_t param_value_size, void *param_value,
@@ -4229,6 +4228,22 @@ static pi_result cleanupAfterEvent(pi_event Event) {
         if (it == Queue->ZeCommandListFenceMap.end()) {
           die("Missing command-list completition fence");
         }
+
+        // Workaround for VM_BIND mode.
+        // Make sure that the command-list doing memcpy is reset before non-USM
+        // host memory potentially involved in the memcpy is freed.
+        //
+        // NOTE: it is valid to wait for the fence here as long as we aren't
+        // doing batching on the involved command-list. Today memcpy goes by
+        // itself in a command list.
+        //
+        // TODO: this will unnecessarily(?) wait for non-USM memory buffers too,
+        // so we might need to add a new command type to differentiate.
+        //
+        if (Event->CommandType == PI_COMMAND_TYPE_MEM_BUFFER_COPY) {
+          ZE_CALL(zeHostSynchronize, (it->second.ZeFence));
+        }
+
         ze_result_t ZeResult =
             ZE_CALL_NOCHECK(zeFenceQueryStatus, (it->second.ZeFence));
         if (ZeResult == ZE_RESULT_SUCCESS) {