diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/detail/pi.h b/sycl/include/sycl/detail/pi.h
index d79025bf7d306..26b6695c21b96 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/detail/pi.h
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/detail/pi.h
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@
 // 10.13 Added new PI_EXT_ONEAPI_QUEUE_DISCARD_EVENTS queue property.
 // 10.14 Add PI_EXT_INTEL_DEVICE_INFO_FREE_MEMORY as an extension for
 // piDeviceGetInfo.
+// 11.15 piEventCreate creates even in the signalled state now.
 
-#define _PI_H_VERSION_MAJOR 10
-#define _PI_H_VERSION_MINOR 14
+#define _PI_H_VERSION_MAJOR 11
+#define _PI_H_VERSION_MINOR 15
 
 #define _PI_STRING_HELPER(a) #a
 #define _PI_CONCAT(a, b) _PI_STRING_HELPER(a.b)
@@ -1397,6 +1398,11 @@ piextKernelGetNativeHandle(pi_kernel kernel, pi_native_handle *nativeHandle);
 //
 // Events
 //
+
+/// Create PI event object in a signalled/completed state.
+///
+/// \param context is the PI context of the event.
+/// \param ret_event is the PI even created.
 __SYCL_EXPORT pi_result piEventCreate(pi_context context, pi_event *ret_event);
 
 __SYCL_EXPORT pi_result piEventGetInfo(pi_event event, pi_event_info param_name,
diff --git a/sycl/plugins/level_zero/pi_level_zero.cpp b/sycl/plugins/level_zero/pi_level_zero.cpp
index 659675af7c6db..28de622547c11 100644
--- a/sycl/plugins/level_zero/pi_level_zero.cpp
+++ b/sycl/plugins/level_zero/pi_level_zero.cpp
@@ -5632,7 +5632,10 @@ static pi_result EventCreate(pi_context Context, pi_queue Queue,
 pi_result piEventCreate(pi_context Context, pi_event *RetEvent) {
   pi_result Result = EventCreate(Context, nullptr, true, RetEvent);
   (*RetEvent)->RefCountExternal++;
-  return Result;
+  if (Result != PI_SUCCESS)
+    return Result;
+  ZE_CALL(zeEventHostSignal, ((*RetEvent)->ZeEvent));
+  return PI_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 pi_result piEventGetInfo(pi_event Event, pi_event_info ParamName,
diff --git a/sycl/plugins/opencl/pi_opencl.cpp b/sycl/plugins/opencl/pi_opencl.cpp
index 07fd25da52f35..f26bc5516c8c4 100644
--- a/sycl/plugins/opencl/pi_opencl.cpp
+++ b/sycl/plugins/opencl/pi_opencl.cpp
@@ -973,8 +973,13 @@ pi_result piKernelGetSubGroupInfo(pi_kernel kernel, pi_device device,
 pi_result piEventCreate(pi_context context, pi_event *ret_event) {
 
   pi_result ret_err = PI_ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION;
-  *ret_event = cast<pi_event>(
-      clCreateUserEvent(cast<cl_context>(context), cast<cl_int *>(&ret_err)));
+  auto *cl_err = cast<cl_int *>(&ret_err);
+
+  cl_event e = clCreateUserEvent(cast<cl_context>(context), cl_err);
+  *ret_event = cast<pi_event>(e);
+  if (*cl_err != CL_SUCCESS)
+    return ret_err;
+  *cl_err = clSetUserEventStatus(e, CL_COMPLETE);
   return ret_err;
 }