diff --git a/backends/sycl-gen/ceed-sycl-gen-operator.sycl.cpp b/backends/sycl-gen/ceed-sycl-gen-operator.sycl.cpp
index 650a52cf4d..0736446f4c 100644
--- a/backends/sycl-gen/ceed-sycl-gen-operator.sycl.cpp
+++ b/backends/sycl-gen/ceed-sycl-gen-operator.sycl.cpp
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ static int CeedOperatorApplyAdd_Sycl_gen(CeedOperator op, CeedVector input_vec,
           break;
         }
       }
-      if (!is_active) CeedCallBackend(CeedVectorDestroy(&vec));
       if (index == -1) {
         CeedCallBackend(CeedVectorGetArray(vec, CEED_MEM_DEVICE, &impl->fields->outputs[i]));
       } else {
         impl->fields->outputs[i] = impl->fields->outputs[index];
       }
+      if (!is_active) CeedCallBackend(CeedVectorDestroy(&vec));
     }
   }
 
@@ -189,10 +189,10 @@ static int CeedOperatorApplyAdd_Sycl_gen(CeedOperator op, CeedVector input_vec,
           break;
         }
       }
-      if (!is_active) CeedCallBackend(CeedVectorDestroy(&vec));
       if (index == -1) {
         CeedCallBackend(CeedVectorRestoreArray(vec, &impl->fields->outputs[i]));
       }
+      if (!is_active) CeedCallBackend(CeedVectorDestroy(&vec));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/backends/sycl-ref/ceed-sycl-ref-operator.sycl.cpp b/backends/sycl-ref/ceed-sycl-ref-operator.sycl.cpp
index 43f97499d2..b7be9606f7 100644
--- a/backends/sycl-ref/ceed-sycl-ref-operator.sycl.cpp
+++ b/backends/sycl-ref/ceed-sycl-ref-operator.sycl.cpp
@@ -1024,9 +1024,9 @@ static int CeedSingleOperatorAssembleSetup_Sycl(CeedOperator op) {
       CeedCallBackend(CeedOperatorFieldGetBasis(input_fields[i], &basis));
       CeedCheck(!basis_in || basis_in == basis, ceed, CEED_ERROR_BACKEND, "Backend does not implement operator assembly with multiple active bases");
       if (!basis_in) CeedCallBackend(CeedBasisReferenceCopy(basis, &basis_in));
+      CeedCallBackend(CeedBasisGetDimension(basis, &dim));
+      CeedCallBackend(CeedBasisGetNumQuadraturePoints(basis, &num_qpts));
       CeedCallBackend(CeedBasisDestroy(&basis));
-      CeedCallBackend(CeedBasisGetDimension(basis_in, &dim));
-      CeedCallBackend(CeedBasisGetNumQuadraturePoints(basis_in, &num_qpts));
       CeedCallBackend(CeedOperatorFieldGetElemRestriction(input_fields[i], &elem_rstr));
       if (!rstr_in) CeedCallBackend(CeedElemRestrictionReferenceCopy(elem_rstr, &rstr_in));
       CeedCallBackend(CeedElemRestrictionDestroy(&elem_rstr));