diff --git a/src/objective/lambdarank_obj.cc b/src/objective/lambdarank_obj.cc
index 4689a47ff369..f1c7548877c9 100644
--- a/src/objective/lambdarank_obj.cc
+++ b/src/objective/lambdarank_obj.cc
@@ -113,8 +113,11 @@ class LambdaRankObj : public FitIntercept {
                                               lj_full_.View(ctx_->Device()), &ti_plus_, &tj_minus_,
                                               &li_, &lj_, p_cache_);
     } else {
-      cpu_impl::LambdaRankUpdatePositionBias(ctx_, li_full_.View(ctx_->Device().IsSycl() ? DeviceOrd::CPU() : ctx_->Device()),
-                                             lj_full_.View(ctx_->Device().IsSycl() ? DeviceOrd::CPU() : ctx_->Device()), &ti_plus_, &tj_minus_,
+      // This function doesn't have sycl-specific implementation yet.
+      // For that reason we transfer data to host in case of sycl is used for propper execution.
+      auto device = ctx_->Device().IsSycl() ? DeviceOrd::CPU() : ctx_->Device();
+      cpu_impl::LambdaRankUpdatePositionBias(ctx_, li_full_.View(device),
+                                             lj_full_.View(device), &ti_plus_, &tj_minus_,
                                              &li_, &lj_, p_cache_);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/cpp/objective/test_lambdarank_obj.cc b/tests/cpp/objective/test_lambdarank_obj.cc
index 317318ccf39c..82441ea310ec 100644
--- a/tests/cpp/objective/test_lambdarank_obj.cc
+++ b/tests/cpp/objective/test_lambdarank_obj.cc
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ void TestNDCGGPair(Context const* ctx) {
                             {0, 2, 4},
                             {2.06611f, -2.06611f, 0.0f, 0.0f},
                             {2.169331f, 2.169331f, 0.0f, 0.0f});
+
     CheckRankingObjFunction(obj,
                             {0, 0.1f, 0, 0.1f},
                             {0,   1, 0, 1},
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ void TestNDCGGPair(Context const* ctx) {
                             {2.06611f, -2.06611f, 2.06611f, -2.06611f},
                             {2.169331f, 2.169331f, 2.169331f, 2.169331f});
   }
+
   std::unique_ptr<xgboost::ObjFunction> obj{xgboost::ObjFunction::Create("rank:ndcg", ctx)};
   obj->Configure(Args{{"lambdarank_pair_method", "topk"}});