diff --git a/dpctl/tensor/_ctors.py b/dpctl/tensor/_ctors.py
index 288390d34d..9e85a3bf59 100644
--- a/dpctl/tensor/_ctors.py
+++ b/dpctl/tensor/_ctors.py
@@ -1472,9 +1472,10 @@ def full_like(
             X = dpt.broadcast_to(X, sh)
             res = _empty_like_orderK(x, dtype, usm_type, sycl_queue)
             _manager = dpctl.utils.SequentialOrderManager[sycl_queue]
-            # populating new allocation, no dependent events
+            # order copy after tasks populating X
+            dep_evs = _manager.submitted_events
             hev, copy_ev = ti._copy_usm_ndarray_into_usm_ndarray(
-                src=X, dst=res, sycl_queue=sycl_queue
+                src=X, dst=res, sycl_queue=sycl_queue, depends=dep_evs
             )
             _manager.add_event_pair(hev, copy_ev)
             return res
diff --git a/dpctl/tensor/libtensor/source/full_ctor.cpp b/dpctl/tensor/libtensor/source/full_ctor.cpp
index 738a0d0a5f..27d8345bf6 100644
--- a/dpctl/tensor/libtensor/source/full_ctor.cpp
+++ b/dpctl/tensor/libtensor/source/full_ctor.cpp
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ usm_ndarray_full(const py::object &py_value,
                  sycl::queue &exec_q,
                  const std::vector<sycl::event> &depends)
 {
-    // start, end should be coercible into data type of dst
+    // py_value should be coercible into data type of dst
 
     py::ssize_t dst_nelems = dst.get_size();