diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/queue_impl.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/queue_impl.cpp
index 466a314939024..a107ee491dfe3 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/queue_impl.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/queue_impl.cpp
@@ -333,7 +333,6 @@ queue_impl::submit_impl(const detail::type_erased_cgfo_ty &CGF,
 #else
   handler Handler(shared_from_this(), CallerNeedsEvent);
 #endif
-  detail::handler_impl &HandlerImpl = *detail::getSyclObjImpl(Handler);
 
 #ifdef XPTI_ENABLE_INSTRUMENTATION
   if (xptiTraceEnabled()) {
@@ -346,6 +345,10 @@ queue_impl::submit_impl(const detail::type_erased_cgfo_ty &CGF,
     CGF(Handler);
   }
 
+  // We might swap handlers as part of the CGH(Handler) call in the reduction
+  // case, so need to retrieve the handler_impl reference after that.
+  detail::handler_impl &HandlerImpl = *detail::getSyclObjImpl(Handler);
+
   // Scheduler will later omit events, that are not required to execute tasks.
   // Host and interop tasks, however, are not submitted to low-level runtimes
   // and require separate dependency management.
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/Reduction/lit.local.cfg b/sycl/test-e2e/Reduction/lit.local.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b085324f1c83..0000000000000
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/Reduction/lit.local.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# https://github.com/intel/llvm/issues/19680
-# https://github.com/intel/llvm/issues/19767
-if 'run-mode' in config.available_features:
-  config.unsupported_features += ['true']