diff --git a/unified-runtime/source/adapters/level_zero/kernel.cpp b/unified-runtime/source/adapters/level_zero/kernel.cpp
index b6d3d2e64ce4e..ffb13e907f0a9 100644
--- a/unified-runtime/source/adapters/level_zero/kernel.cpp
+++ b/unified-runtime/source/adapters/level_zero/kernel.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 #include "kernel.hpp"
+#include "common.hpp"
 #include "logger/ur_logger.hpp"
+#include "queue.hpp"
 #include "ur_api.h"
 #include "ur_interface_loader.hpp"
 
@@ -221,6 +223,25 @@ ur_result_t urEnqueueKernelLaunch(
   UR_CALL(Queue->executeCommandList(CommandList, false /*IsBlocking*/,
                                     true /*OKToBatchCommand*/));
 
+  // For internal events only, occasionally trigger cleanup to prevent event
+  // pool exhaustion, but avoid doing this for in-order queues which are
+  // commonly used in multi-threaded scenarios and may have stricter
+  // synchronization requirements
+  if (IsInternal && !Queue->isInOrderQueue()) {
+    // Use a probabilistic approach - only cleanup 1 in 128 internal events
+    // to minimize performance impact and reduce chances of race conditions
+    static thread_local uint32_t CleanupCounter = 0;
+    if ((++CleanupCounter & 127) == 0) {
+      if (Queue->UsingImmCmdLists) {
+        UR_CALL(CleanupEventsInImmCmdLists(Queue, true /*QueueLocked*/,
+                                           false /*QueueSynced*/,
+                                           nullptr /*CompletedEvent*/));
+      } else {
+        UR_CALL(resetCommandLists(Queue));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   return UR_RESULT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
diff --git a/unified-runtime/source/adapters/level_zero/kernel.hpp b/unified-runtime/source/adapters/level_zero/kernel.hpp
index 131dba270c05d..9a0facde699d7 100644
--- a/unified-runtime/source/adapters/level_zero/kernel.hpp
+++ b/unified-runtime/source/adapters/level_zero/kernel.hpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "common.hpp"
 #include "common/ur_ref_count.hpp"
 #include "memory.hpp"
+#include "queue.hpp"
 
 struct ur_kernel_handle_t_ : ur_object {
   ur_kernel_handle_t_(bool OwnZeHandle, ur_program_handle_t Program)