diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/cpy.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/cpy.cpp
index 061fc0684..e6267dbf7 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/cpy.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/cpy.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "cpy.hpp"
 
+#include <float.h>
+
 static void cpy_1_f32_f32(const char * cxi, char * cdsti) {
     const float * xi   = (const float *) cxi;
     float *       dsti = (float *) cdsti;
@@ -350,6 +352,8 @@ void ggml_sycl_cpy(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx, const ggml_tensor * src0, co
 
     char * src0_ddc = (char *) src0->data;
     char * src1_ddc = (char *) src1->data;
+    GGML_SYCL_DEBUG("%s: type combination supplied: %s to %s\n", __func__, ggml_type_name(src0->type),
+                    ggml_type_name(src1->type));
 
     if (src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 && src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F32) {
         ggml_cpy_f32_f32_sycl(src0_ddc, src1_ddc, ne, ne00, ne01, ne02, nb00, nb01, nb02, nb03, ne10, ne11, ne12, nb10,
@@ -387,3 +391,10 @@ void ggml_sycl_cpy(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx, const ggml_tensor * src0, co
     std::cerr << exc.what() << "Exception caught at file:" << __FILE__ << ", line:" << __LINE__ << std::endl;
     std::exit(1);
 }
+
+void ggml_sycl_dup(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst) {
+    // TODO: why do we pass dst as src1 here?
+    GGML_SYCL_DEBUG("call %s\n", __func__);
+    ggml_sycl_cpy(ctx, dst->src[0], dst);
+    GGML_SYCL_DEBUG("call %s done\n", __func__);
+}
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/cpy.hpp b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/cpy.hpp
index 1fbc7b75c..0a0f561d2 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/cpy.hpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/cpy.hpp
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 #define GGML_SYCL_CPY_HPP
 
 #include "common.hpp"
-#include <float.h>
 
 typedef void (*cpy_kernel_t)(const char * cx, char * cdst);
 
 void ggml_sycl_cpy(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx, const ggml_tensor * src0, const ggml_tensor * src1);
+void ggml_sycl_dup(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst);
 
 #endif // GGML_SYCL_CPY_HPP
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp
index bf1c14971..e6a4531f7 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp
@@ -2852,11 +2852,6 @@ static void ggml_sycl_clamp(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst)
     ggml_sycl_op_clamp(ctx, dst);
 }
 
-static void ggml_sycl_dup(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst) {
-    // TODO: why do we pass dst as src1 here?
-    ggml_sycl_cpy(ctx, dst->src[0], dst);
-}
-
 static void ggml_sycl_pool2d(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst) {
     ggml_sycl_op_pool2d(ctx, dst);
 }