diff --git a/sycl/source/handler.cpp b/sycl/source/handler.cpp
index 6376a37924d5e..6251f988dc850 100644
--- a/sycl/source/handler.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/handler.cpp
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ void handler::processArg(void *Ptr, const detail::kernel_param_kind_t &Kind,
       // to a single kernel argument set above.
       if (!IsESIMD && !IsKernelCreatedFromSource) {
         ++IndexShift;
-        const size_t SizeAccField = Dims * sizeof(Size[0]);
+        const size_t SizeAccField = (Dims == 0 ? 1 : Dims) * sizeof(Size[0]);
         MArgs.emplace_back(kernel_param_kind_t::kind_std_layout, &Size,
                            SizeAccField, Index + IndexShift);
         ++IndexShift;
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/Regression/default-constructed-local-accessor.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/Regression/default-constructed-local-accessor.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e136e2833a59a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/Regression/default-constructed-local-accessor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// -O0 is necessary; on higher levels of optimization, an error
+// would not occur because of dead argument elimination of the local_accessor.
+// RUN: %{build} -o %t.out -O0
+// RUN: %{run} %t.out
+
+#include <sycl/detail/core.hpp>
+
+using namespace sycl;
+
+using acc_t = local_accessor<int, 1>;
+
+struct foo {
+  acc_t acc;
+  void operator()(nd_item<1>) const {}
+};
+
+int main() {
+  queue q;
+  q.submit([&](handler &cgh) { cgh.parallel_for(nd_range<1>(1, 1), foo{}); });
+}