diff --git a/include/oneapi/dpl/pstl/hetero/dpcpp/parallel_backend_sycl_radix_sort.h b/include/oneapi/dpl/pstl/hetero/dpcpp/parallel_backend_sycl_radix_sort.h
index f067e858406..8e27b8d47e8 100644
--- a/include/oneapi/dpl/pstl/hetero/dpcpp/parallel_backend_sycl_radix_sort.h
+++ b/include/oneapi/dpl/pstl/hetero/dpcpp/parallel_backend_sycl_radix_sort.h
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ __parallel_radix_sort(oneapi::dpl::__internal::__device_backend_tag, _ExecutionP
     else if (__n <= 4096 && __wg_size * 4 <= __max_wg_size)
         __event = __subgroup_radix_sort<_RadixSortKernel, __wg_size * 4, 16, __radix_bits, __is_ascending>{}(
             __exec.queue(), ::std::forward<_Range>(__in_rng), __proj);
-    else if (__n <= 8192 && __wg_size * 8 <= __max_wg_size)
+    else if (__n <= 8192 && __wg_size * 8 <= __max_wg_size && __dev_has_sg16)
         __event = __subgroup_radix_sort<_RadixSortKernel, __wg_size * 8, 16, __radix_bits, __is_ascending>{}(
             __exec.queue(), ::std::forward<_Range>(__in_rng), __proj);
     // In __subgroup_radix_sort, we request a sub-group size via _ONEDPL_SYCL_REQD_SUB_GROUP_SIZE_IF_SUPPORTED