diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/experimental/profiling_tag.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/experimental/profiling_tag.hpp
index dec91f77a7c7c..e21ce21b2c70e 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/experimental/profiling_tag.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/experimental/profiling_tag.hpp
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ inline event submit_profiling_tag(queue &Queue,
                                   const sycl::detail::code_location &CodeLoc =
                                       sycl::detail::code_location::current()) {
   if (Queue.get_device().has(aspect::ext_oneapi_queue_profiling_tag)) {
+    // If the queue is out-of-order and profiling is enabled, the implementation
+    // can save some operations by just using the required barrier event
+    // directly.
+    if (!Queue.is_in_order() &&
+        Queue.has_property<sycl::property::queue::enable_profiling>())
+      return Queue.ext_oneapi_submit_barrier();
+
+    // Otherwise, we use the internal implementation of the profiling tag.
     return Queue.submit(
         [=](handler &CGH) {
           sycl::detail::HandlerAccess::internalProfilingTagImpl(CGH);
diff --git a/sycl/unittests/Extensions/ProfilingTag.cpp b/sycl/unittests/Extensions/ProfilingTag.cpp
index 924eaf6bd66ff..d0d8dccfa3e93 100644
--- a/sycl/unittests/Extensions/ProfilingTag.cpp
+++ b/sycl/unittests/Extensions/ProfilingTag.cpp
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ TEST_F(ProfilingTagTest, ProfilingTagSupportedProfilingQueue) {
       "urEnqueueTimestampRecordingExp", &after_urEnqueueTimestampRecordingExp);
   mock::getCallbacks().set_after_callback("urEventGetProfilingInfo",
                                           &after_urEventGetProfilingInfo);
+  mock::getCallbacks().set_after_callback(
+      "urEnqueueEventsWaitWithBarrier", &after_urEnqueueEventsWaitWithBarrier);
 
   sycl::context Ctx{sycl::platform()};
   sycl::queue Queue{Ctx,
@@ -138,8 +140,11 @@ TEST_F(ProfilingTagTest, ProfilingTagSupportedProfilingQueue) {
 
   ASSERT_TRUE(Dev.has(sycl::aspect::ext_oneapi_queue_profiling_tag));
 
+  // As an optimization, the implementation will use a single barrier when
+  // submitting a profiling tag on an out-of-order queue with profiling enabled.
   sycl::event E = sycl::ext::oneapi::experimental::submit_profiling_tag(Queue);
-  ASSERT_EQ(size_t{1}, counter_urEnqueueTimestampRecordingExp);
+  ASSERT_EQ(size_t{0}, counter_urEnqueueTimestampRecordingExp);
+  ASSERT_EQ(size_t{1}, counter_urEnqueueEventsWaitWithBarrier);
 
   E.get_profiling_info<sycl::info::event_profiling::command_start>();
   ASSERT_TRUE(LatestProfilingQuery.has_value());