diff --git a/src/framework/cl/cl_engine.h b/src/framework/cl/cl_engine.h
index 654db6d38e39c2851e4bd5c17ef1ccbb08ae82b9..deb07ea09730695214a322c8ea9f7ca994d274b2 100644
--- a/src/framework/cl/cl_engine.h
+++ b/src/framework/cl/cl_engine.h
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ class CLEngine {
   }
 
   std::unique_ptr<_cl_event, CLEventDeleter> CreateEvent(cl_context context) {
-    cl_event event = clCreateUserEvent(context, status_);
+    cl_event event = clCreateUserEvent(context, &status_);
     std::unique_ptr<_cl_event, CLEventDeleter> event_ptr(event);
+    CL_CHECK_ERRORS(status_);
     return std::move(event_ptr);
   }