diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/detail/generic_type_traits.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/detail/generic_type_traits.hpp
index 33931102c40a8..3d06502dee2d9 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/detail/generic_type_traits.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/detail/generic_type_traits.hpp
@@ -518,7 +518,9 @@ template <typename T, typename Enable = void> struct RelConverter {
 template <typename T> class TryToGetElementType {
   static T check(...);
   template <typename A> static typename A::element_type check(const A &);
-  template <typename A> static typename A::value_type check(const A &);
+  template <typename A, typename = std::enable_if_t<!std::is_same_v<
+                            typename A::element_type, typename A::value_type>>>
+  static typename A::value_type check(const A &);
 
 public:
   using type = decltype(check(T()));
diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/types.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/types.hpp
index 711b297d35ffd..7d904a8246b03 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/types.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/types.hpp
@@ -546,8 +546,8 @@ template <typename Type, int NumElements> class vec {
 
 public:
   using element_type = DataT;
+  using value_type = DataT;
   using rel_t = detail::rel_t<DataT>;
-
 #ifdef __SYCL_DEVICE_ONLY__
 #if defined(__INTEL_PREVIEW_BREAKING_CHANGES)
   using vector_t =
diff --git a/sycl/test/regression/vec_value_type.cpp b/sycl/test/regression/vec_value_type.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6a0636d15eabe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sycl/test/regression/vec_value_type.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// RUN: %clangxx -fsycl -fsyntax-only %s
+#include <sycl/sycl.hpp>
+#include <type_traits>
+using namespace std;
+int main() {
+  static_assert(is_same_v<sycl::vec<int, 1>::value_type, int>);
+  static_assert(is_same_v<sycl::vec<float, 2>::value_type, float>);
+  static_assert(is_same_v<sycl::vec<double, 3>::value_type, double>);
+  static_assert(is_same_v<sycl::vec<sycl::half, 4>::value_type, sycl::half>);
+  return 0;
+}