diff --git a/include/oneapi/mkl/dft/backward.hpp b/include/oneapi/mkl/dft/backward.hpp
index b63dabb28..3cd03e13b 100644
--- a/include/oneapi/mkl/dft/backward.hpp
+++ b/include/oneapi/mkl/dft/backward.hpp
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ void compute_backward(descriptor_type &desc, sycl::buffer<data_type, 1> &inout)
 }
 
 //In-place transform, using config_param::COMPLEX_STORAGE=config_value::REAL_REAL data format
-template <typename descriptor_type, typename data_type>
+template <typename descriptor_type, typename data_type,
+          std::enable_if_t<detail::valid_ip_realreal_impl<descriptor_type, data_type>, bool> = true>
 void compute_backward(descriptor_type &desc, sycl::buffer<data_type, 1> &inout_re,
                       sycl::buffer<data_type, 1> &inout_im) {
     static_assert(detail::valid_compute_arg<descriptor_type, data_type>::value,
@@ -114,7 +115,8 @@ sycl::event compute_backward(descriptor_type &desc, data_type *inout,
 }
 
 //In-place transform, using config_param::COMPLEX_STORAGE=config_value::REAL_REAL data format
-template <typename descriptor_type, typename data_type>
+template <typename descriptor_type, typename data_type,
+          std::enable_if_t<detail::valid_ip_realreal_impl<descriptor_type, data_type>, bool> = true>
 sycl::event compute_backward(descriptor_type &desc, data_type *inout_re, data_type *inout_im,
                              const std::vector<sycl::event> &dependencies = {}) {
     static_assert(detail::valid_compute_arg<descriptor_type, data_type>::value,
diff --git a/include/oneapi/mkl/dft/detail/types_impl.hpp b/include/oneapi/mkl/dft/detail/types_impl.hpp
index e41a71469..6fd07694b 100644
--- a/include/oneapi/mkl/dft/detail/types_impl.hpp
+++ b/include/oneapi/mkl/dft/detail/types_impl.hpp
@@ -87,16 +87,34 @@ struct descriptor_info<descriptor<precision::DOUBLE, domain::COMPLEX>> {
     using backward_type = std::complex<double>;
 };
 
+// Get the scalar type associated with a descriptor.
+template <class descriptor_t>
+using descriptor_scalar_t = typename descriptor_info<descriptor_t>::scalar_type;
+
+template <typename T>
+constexpr bool is_complex_dft = false;
+template <precision Prec>
+constexpr bool is_complex_dft<descriptor<Prec, domain::COMPLEX>> = true;
+
+template <typename T>
+constexpr bool is_complex = false;
+template <typename T>
+constexpr bool is_complex<std::complex<T>> = true;
+
 template <typename T, typename... Ts>
 using is_one_of = typename std::bool_constant<(std::is_same_v<T, Ts> || ...)>;
 
 template <typename descriptor_type, typename T>
 using valid_compute_arg = typename std::bool_constant<
-    (std::is_same_v<typename detail::descriptor_info<descriptor_type>::scalar_type, float> &&
+    (std::is_same_v<descriptor_scalar_t<descriptor_type>, float> &&
      is_one_of<T, float, sycl::float2, sycl::float4, std::complex<float>>::value) ||
-    (std::is_same_v<typename detail::descriptor_info<descriptor_type>::scalar_type, double> &&
+    (std::is_same_v<descriptor_scalar_t<descriptor_type>, double> &&
      is_one_of<T, double, sycl::double2, sycl::double4, std::complex<double>>::value)>;
 
+template <class descriptor_t, typename data_t>
+constexpr bool valid_ip_realreal_impl =
+    is_complex_dft<descriptor_t>&& std::is_same_v<descriptor_scalar_t<descriptor_t>, data_t>;
+
 // compute the range of a reinterpreted buffer
 template <typename In, typename Out>
 std::size_t reinterpret_range(std::size_t size) {
diff --git a/include/oneapi/mkl/dft/forward.hpp b/include/oneapi/mkl/dft/forward.hpp
index 3fcd60b1c..e43c39ce0 100644
--- a/include/oneapi/mkl/dft/forward.hpp
+++ b/include/oneapi/mkl/dft/forward.hpp
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ void compute_forward(descriptor_type &desc, sycl::buffer<data_type, 1> &inout) {
 }
 
 //In-place transform, using config_param::COMPLEX_STORAGE=config_value::REAL_REAL data format
-template <typename descriptor_type, typename data_type>
+template <typename descriptor_type, typename data_type,
+          std::enable_if_t<detail::valid_ip_realreal_impl<descriptor_type, data_type>, bool> = true>
 void compute_forward(descriptor_type &desc, sycl::buffer<data_type, 1> &inout_re,
                      sycl::buffer<data_type, 1> &inout_im) {
     static_assert(detail::valid_compute_arg<descriptor_type, data_type>::value,
@@ -114,12 +115,12 @@ sycl::event compute_forward(descriptor_type &desc, data_type *inout,
 }
 
 //In-place transform, using config_param::COMPLEX_STORAGE=config_value::REAL_REAL data format
-template <typename descriptor_type, typename data_type>
+template <typename descriptor_type, typename data_type,
+          std::enable_if_t<detail::valid_ip_realreal_impl<descriptor_type, data_type>, bool> = true>
 sycl::event compute_forward(descriptor_type &desc, data_type *inout_re, data_type *inout_im,
                             const std::vector<sycl::event> &dependencies = {}) {
     static_assert(detail::valid_compute_arg<descriptor_type, data_type>::value,
                   "unexpected type for data_type");
-
     using scalar_type = typename detail::descriptor_info<descriptor_type>::scalar_type;
     return get_commit(desc)->forward_ip_rr(desc, reinterpret_cast<scalar_type *>(inout_re),
                                            reinterpret_cast<scalar_type *>(inout_im), dependencies);
@@ -133,7 +134,6 @@ sycl::event compute_forward(descriptor_type &desc, input_type *in, output_type *
                   "unexpected type for input_type");
     static_assert(detail::valid_compute_arg<descriptor_type, output_type>::value,
                   "unexpected type for output_type");
-
     using fwd_type = typename detail::descriptor_info<descriptor_type>::forward_type;
     using bwd_type = typename detail::descriptor_info<descriptor_type>::backward_type;
     return get_commit(desc)->forward_op_cc(desc, reinterpret_cast<fwd_type *>(in),