diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.cpp
index 398e0cc7bdc9a..77058b5040a59 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.cpp
@@ -114,8 +114,9 @@ void event_impl::wait_and_throw(
     if (Cmd)
       Cmd->getQueue()->throw_asynchronous();
   }
-  if (MQueue)
-    MQueue->throw_asynchronous();
+  QueueImplPtr Queue = MQueue.lock();
+  if (Queue)
+    Queue->throw_asynchronous();
 }
 
 template <>
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.hpp
index b9c8d4fa17de5..2593ad762dfb8 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.hpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class context_impl;
 using ContextImplPtr = std::shared_ptr<cl::sycl::detail::context_impl>;
 class queue_impl;
 using QueueImplPtr = std::shared_ptr<cl::sycl::detail::queue_impl>;
+using QueueImplWPtr = std::weak_ptr<cl::sycl::detail::queue_impl>;
 
 class event_impl {
 public:
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ class event_impl {
 private:
   RT::PiEvent MEvent = nullptr;
   ContextImplPtr MContext;
-  QueueImplPtr MQueue;
+  QueueImplWPtr MQueue;
   bool MOpenCLInterop = false;
   bool MHostEvent = true;
   std::unique_ptr<HostProfilingInfo> MHostProfilingInfo;