diff --git a/backends/sycl-ref/ceed-sycl-ref-operator.sycl.cpp b/backends/sycl-ref/ceed-sycl-ref-operator.sycl.cpp
index 78c39e33ff..86543b3d43 100644
--- a/backends/sycl-ref/ceed-sycl-ref-operator.sycl.cpp
+++ b/backends/sycl-ref/ceed-sycl-ref-operator.sycl.cpp
@@ -827,8 +827,8 @@ static int CeedOperatorLinearDiagonal_Sycl(sycl::queue &sycl_queue, const bool i
   if (!sycl_queue.is_in_order()) e = {sycl_queue.ext_oneapi_submit_barrier()};
 
   sycl_queue.parallel_for<CeedOperatorSyclLinearDiagonal>(kernel_range, e, [=](sycl::id<1> idx) {
-    const CeedInt tid = idx % nnodes;
-    const CeedInt e   = idx / nnodes;
+    const CeedInt tid = idx % num_nodes;
+    const CeedInt e   = idx / num_nodes;
 
     // Compute the diagonal of B^T D B
     // Each element
diff --git a/backends/sycl-ref/ceed-sycl-vector.sycl.cpp b/backends/sycl-ref/ceed-sycl-vector.sycl.cpp
index bf75a50818..427f51f727 100644
--- a/backends/sycl-ref/ceed-sycl-vector.sycl.cpp
+++ b/backends/sycl-ref/ceed-sycl-vector.sycl.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static inline int CeedVectorSyncH2D_Sycl(const CeedVector vec) {
   std::vector<sycl::event> e;
 
   if (!data->sycl_queue.is_in_order()) e = {data->sycl_queue.ext_oneapi_submit_barrier()};
-  CeedCallSycl(ceed, data->sycl_queue.copy<CeedScalar>(impl->h_array, impl->d_array, length, {e}).wait_and_throw());
+  CeedCallSycl(ceed, data->sycl_queue.copy<CeedScalar>(impl->h_array, impl->d_array, length, e).wait_and_throw());
   return CEED_ERROR_SUCCESS;
 }
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static inline int CeedVectorSyncD2H_Sycl(const CeedVector vec) {
   std::vector<sycl::event> e;
 
   if (!data->sycl_queue.is_in_order()) e = {data->sycl_queue.ext_oneapi_submit_barrier()};
-  CeedCallSycl(ceed, data->sycl_queue.copy<CeedScalar>(impl->d_array, impl->h_array, length, {e}).wait_and_throw());
+  CeedCallSycl(ceed, data->sycl_queue.copy<CeedScalar>(impl->d_array, impl->h_array, length, e).wait_and_throw());
   return CEED_ERROR_SUCCESS;
 }