diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/scheduler/commands.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/scheduler/commands.cpp
index f2ac3963b76c6..15b58fa73c7fe 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/scheduler/commands.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/scheduler/commands.cpp
@@ -3238,10 +3238,16 @@ ur_result_t ExecCGCommand::enqueueImpQueue() {
     // If the queue is not in-order, we need to insert a barrier. This barrier
     // does not need output events as it will implicitly enforce the following
     // enqueue is blocked until it finishes.
-    if (!MQueue->isInOrder())
+    if (!MQueue->isInOrder()) {
+      // FIXME: Due to a bug in the L0 UR adapter, we will leak events if we do
+      //        not pass an output event to the UR call. Once that is fixed,
+      //        this immediately-deleted event can be removed.
+      ur_event_handle_t PreTimestampBarrierEvent{};
       Plugin->call(urEnqueueEventsWaitWithBarrier, MQueue->getHandleRef(),
                    /*num_events_in_wait_list=*/0,
-                   /*event_wait_list=*/nullptr, /*event=*/nullptr);
+                   /*event_wait_list=*/nullptr, &PreTimestampBarrierEvent);
+      Plugin->call(urEventRelease, PreTimestampBarrierEvent);
+    }
 
     Plugin->call(urEnqueueTimestampRecordingExp, MQueue->getHandleRef(),
                  /*blocking=*/false,
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/ProfilingTag/profile_tag_leak.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/ProfilingTag/profile_tag_leak.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c555a1aa61765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/ProfilingTag/profile_tag_leak.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// REQUIRES: level_zero
+
+// RUN: %{build} -o %t.out
+// RUN: %{l0_leak_check} %{run} %t.out 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --implicit-check-not=LEAK
+
+// Regression test to avoid the reintroduction of a leak in L0 in the profiling
+// tags when using barriers to ensure ordering on out-of-order queues.
+
+#include <sycl/detail/core.hpp>
+#include <sycl/ext/oneapi/experimental/profiling_tag.hpp>
+
+int main() {
+  sycl::queue Queue;
+  sycl::event TagE =
+      sycl::ext::oneapi::experimental::submit_profiling_tag(Queue);
+  Queue.wait();
+  return 0;
+}