diff --git a/dpctl/tests/test_utils.py b/dpctl/tests/test_utils.py
index 472edd2ff2..65f194ecf8 100644
--- a/dpctl/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/dpctl/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -92,3 +92,25 @@ def test_order_manager():
         _passed = True
     finally:
         assert _passed
+
+
+def test_no_op_order_manager():
+    try:
+        q = dpctl.SyclQueue(property=("in_order",))
+    except dpctl.SyclQueueCreationError:
+        pytest.skip("Queue could not be created for default-selected device")
+    assert q.is_in_order
+    _mngr = dpctl.utils.SequentialOrderManager[q]
+    assert _mngr.num_host_task_events == 0
+    assert _mngr.num_submitted_events == 0
+    assert isinstance(_mngr.submitted_events, list)
+    assert len(_mngr.submitted_events) == 0
+    assert isinstance(_mngr.host_task_events, list)
+    assert len(_mngr.host_task_events) == 0
+    _mngr.add_event_pair(dpctl.SyclEvent(), dpctl.SyclEvent())
+    _mngr.add_event_pair([dpctl.SyclEvent()], dpctl.SyclEvent())
+    _mngr.add_event_pair(dpctl.SyclEvent(), [dpctl.SyclEvent()])
+    # waits on queue
+    _mngr.wait()
+    cpy = _mngr.__copy__()
+    del cpy
diff --git a/dpctl/utils/_order_manager.py b/dpctl/utils/_order_manager.py
index fbe2c47763..6374b4fc4e 100644
--- a/dpctl/utils/_order_manager.py
+++ b/dpctl/utils/_order_manager.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import weakref
 from collections import defaultdict
 from contextvars import ContextVar
+from typing import Union
 
 from .._sycl_event import SyclEvent
 from .._sycl_queue import SyclQueue
@@ -64,6 +65,39 @@ def __copy__(self):
         return res
 
 
+class _NoOpOrderManager:
+    """Dummy order manager used when queue is in-order."""
+
+    def __init__(self, q: SyclQueue):
+        self._queue = q
+
+    def add_event_pair(self, _host_task_ev, _comp_ev):
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    def num_host_task_events(self):
+        return 0
+
+    @property
+    def num_submitted_events(self):
+        return 0
+
+    @property
+    def host_task_events(self):
+        return []
+
+    @property
+    def submitted_events(self):
+        return []
+
+    def wait(self):
+        # to imitate SequentialOrderManager, wait on the in-order queue
+        self._queue.wait()
+
+    def __copy__(self):
+        return _NoOpOrderManager(self._queue)
+
+
 class SyclQueueToOrderManagerMap:
     """Utility class used to ensure sequential ordering of offloaded tasks
     when passed to order manager."""
@@ -74,11 +108,16 @@ def __init__(self):
             default=defaultdict(_SequentialOrderManager),
         )
 
-    def __getitem__(self, q: SyclQueue) -> _SequentialOrderManager:
+    def __getitem__(
+        self, q: SyclQueue
+    ) -> Union[_SequentialOrderManager, _NoOpOrderManager]:
         """Get order manager for given SyclQueue"""
-        _local = self._map.get()
         if not isinstance(q, SyclQueue):
             raise TypeError(f"Expected `dpctl.SyclQueue`, got {type(q)}")
+        if q.is_in_order:
+            # we don't need to cache the NoOpOrderManager since it's stateless
+            return _NoOpOrderManager(q)
+        _local = self._map.get()
         if q in _local:
             return _local[q]
         else: