diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/handler.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/handler.hpp
index d8d46d2a27814..a3f005086ae06 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/handler.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/handler.hpp
@@ -679,6 +679,8 @@ class __SYCL_EXPORT handler {
       accessor<DataT, Dims, AccessMode, AccessTarget, IsPlaceholder> &&Arg) {
     detail::AccessorBaseHost *AccBase = (detail::AccessorBaseHost *)&Arg;
     const detail::AccessorImplPtr &AccImpl = detail::getSyclObjImpl(*AccBase);
+    // Ensure the data of AccImpl lives at least as long as the handler.
+    addLifetimeSharedPtrStorage(AccImpl);
     detail::AccessorImplHost *Req = AccImpl.get();
     // Add accessor to the list of arguments.
     addArg(detail::kernel_param_kind_t::kind_accessor, Req,
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/FreeFunctionKernels/enum_parameter.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/FreeFunctionKernels/enum_parameter.cpp
index bd54aa54efc38..cffe6e280f7d6 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/FreeFunctionKernels/enum_parameter.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/FreeFunctionKernels/enum_parameter.cpp
@@ -42,26 +42,26 @@ int main() {
 
   bool flag1, flag2, flag3;
   flag1 = (flag2 = (flag3 = false));
-  rAccType acc1;
-  wAccType acc2;
-  rwAccType acc3;
   {
     sycl::buffer<bool, 1> flagBuffer1(&flag1, 1);
     sycl::buffer<bool, 1> flagBuffer2(&flag2, 1);
     sycl::buffer<bool, 1> flagBuffer3(&flag3, 1);
     Queue.submit([&](sycl::handler &Handler) {
+      rAccType acc1;
       flagType flagAcc1{flagBuffer1, Handler};
       Handler.set_args(acc1, rMode, flagAcc1);
       Handler.single_task(Kernel1);
     });
 
     Queue.submit([&](sycl::handler &Handler) {
+      wAccType acc2;
       flagType flagAcc2{flagBuffer2, Handler};
       Handler.set_args(acc2, wMode, flagAcc2);
       Handler.single_task(Kernel2);
     });
 
     Queue.submit([&](sycl::handler &Handler) {
+      rwAccType acc3;
       flagType flagAcc3{flagBuffer3, Handler};
       Handler.set_args(acc3, rwMode, flagAcc3);
       Handler.single_task(Kernel3);