diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/ext/intel/esimd/memory.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/ext/intel/esimd/memory.hpp
index 5d8f13ce82619..7e7f0b80759c0 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/ext/intel/esimd/memory.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/ext/intel/esimd/memory.hpp
@@ -3921,7 +3921,7 @@ slm_gather(simd<uint32_t, N / VS> byte_offsets, simd_mask<N / VS> mask,
   static_assert(Alignment >= sizeof(T),
                 "slm_gather() requires at least element-size alignment");
 
-  if constexpr (VS > 1 || (!detail::isPowerOf2(N, 32) &&
+  if constexpr (VS > 1 || (!(detail::isPowerOf2(N, 32) && sizeof(T) <= 4) &&
                            !detail::isMaskedGatherScatterLLVMAvailable())) {
     simd<T, N> PassThru; // Intentionally undefined
     return detail::slm_gather_impl<T, VS, detail::lsc_data_size::default_size>(
diff --git a/sycl/test/esimd/memory_properties.cpp b/sycl/test/esimd/memory_properties.cpp
index 31dbc3e889f4b..936464cd1ff07 100644
--- a/sycl/test/esimd/memory_properties.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test/esimd/memory_properties.cpp
@@ -1303,4 +1303,9 @@ test_slm_gather_scatter(int byte_offset32) {
                                  props_align4);
   slm = slm_gather<float, 32, 2>(ioffset_n16_view, mask_n16, pass_thru_view,
                                  props_align4);
+
+  // Special case to verify calls to slm_gather with 64 bit data type are
+  // transformed to lsc calls
+  // CHECK-COUNT-1: call <32 x double> @llvm.masked.gather.v32f64.v32p3(<32 x ptr addrspace(3)> {{[^)]+}}, i32 8, <32 x i1> {{[^)]+}}, <32 x double> {{[^)]+}})
+  auto slm_double = slm_gather<double>(ioffset_n32, mask_n32);
 }