diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/cg.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/cg.hpp
index f8923d1af6d5..5b3900d9d129 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/cg.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/cg.hpp
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ class CGAsyncAlloc : public CG {
       ur_event_handle_t event, CG::StorageInitHelper CGData,
       detail::code_location loc = {})
       : CG(CGType::AsyncAlloc, std::move(CGData), std::move(loc)), MSize(size),
-        MMemPool(MemPool), MEvent(event) {}
+        MMemPool(std::move(MemPool)), MEvent(event) {}
 
   std::shared_ptr<ext::oneapi::experimental::detail::memory_pool_impl>
   getMemPool() const {
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/context_impl.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/context_impl.cpp
index a8048919c028..5635a933e3d5 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/context_impl.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/context_impl.cpp
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ void context_impl::verifyProps(const property_list &Props) const {
 std::shared_ptr<sycl::ext::oneapi::experimental::detail::memory_pool_impl>
 context_impl::get_default_memory_pool(const context &Context,
                                       const device &Device,
-                                      const usm::alloc &Kind) {
+                                      [[maybe_unused]] const usm::alloc &Kind) {
 
   assert(Kind == usm::alloc::device);
 
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/handler_impl.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/handler_impl.hpp
index b247e6e8f963..2bdeb6f303aa 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/handler_impl.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/handler_impl.hpp
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ class handler_impl {
   /// potential logging.
   /// Event computed from async alloc which is passed through for processing.
   std::shared_ptr<ext::oneapi::experimental::detail::memory_pool_impl> MMemPool;
-  size_t MAllocSize;
-  ur_event_handle_t MAsyncAllocEvent;
+  size_t MAllocSize = 0;
+  ur_event_handle_t MAsyncAllocEvent = nullptr;
 
   // Allocation ptr to be freed asynchronously.
   void *MFreePtr = nullptr;
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/memory_pool_impl.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/memory_pool_impl.cpp
index 68bfe9977b11..469638e09a85 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/memory_pool_impl.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/memory_pool_impl.cpp
@@ -123,10 +123,14 @@ memory_pool_impl::~memory_pool_impl() {
   if (MIsDefaultPool)
     return;
 
-  ur_usm_pool_handle_t handle = this->get_handle();
-  sycl::context ctx = this->get_context();
-  sycl::device dev = this->get_device();
-  destroy_memory_pool(ctx, dev, handle);
+  try {
+    ur_usm_pool_handle_t handle = this->get_handle();
+    sycl::context ctx = this->get_context();
+    sycl::device dev = this->get_device();
+    destroy_memory_pool(ctx, dev, handle);
+  } catch (std::exception &e) {
+    __SYCL_REPORT_EXCEPTION_TO_STREAM("exception in ~memory_pool_impl", e);
+  }
 }
 
 size_t memory_pool_impl::get_threshold() const {
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/scheduler/commands.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/scheduler/commands.cpp
index 93b78628c13b..141e54416e10 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/scheduler/commands.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/scheduler/commands.cpp
@@ -3748,6 +3748,7 @@ ur_result_t ExecCGCommand::enqueueImpQueue() {
     return UR_RESULT_SUCCESS;
   }
   case CGType::AsyncFree: {
+    assert(MQueue && "Async free submissions should have an associated queue");
     CGAsyncFree *AsyncFree = (CGAsyncFree *)MCommandGroup.get();
     const detail::AdapterPtr &Adapter = MQueue->getAdapter();
     void *ptr = AsyncFree->getPtr();