diff --git a/dpctl/tensor/libtensor/source/repeat.cpp b/dpctl/tensor/libtensor/source/repeat.cpp
index 391f995feb..f3a20cbbaa 100644
--- a/dpctl/tensor/libtensor/source/repeat.cpp
+++ b/dpctl/tensor/libtensor/source/repeat.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ py_repeat_by_sequence(const dpctl::tensor::usm_ndarray &src,
     const py::ssize_t *dst_shape = dst.get_shape_raw();
     bool same_orthog_dims(true);
     size_t orthog_nelems(1); // number of orthogonal iterations
-
     for (auto i = 0; i < axis; ++i) {
         auto src_sh_i = src_shape[i];
         orthog_nelems *= src_sh_i;
@@ -554,7 +553,6 @@ py_repeat_by_scalar(const dpctl::tensor::usm_ndarray &src,
     const py::ssize_t *dst_shape = dst.get_shape_raw();
     bool same_orthog_dims(true);
     size_t orthog_nelems(1); // number of orthogonal iterations
-
     for (auto i = 0; i < axis; ++i) {
         auto src_sh_i = src_shape[i];
         orthog_nelems *= src_sh_i;
@@ -634,7 +632,7 @@ py_repeat_by_scalar(const dpctl::tensor::usm_ndarray &src,
         assert(dst_shape_vec.size() == 1);
         assert(dst_strides_vec.size() == 1);
 
-        if (src_nd > 0) {
+        if (src_nd == 0) {
             src_shape_vec = {0};
             src_strides_vec = {0};
         }
diff --git a/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_manipulation.py b/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_manipulation.py
index ae32afdba9..f3704274d4 100644
--- a/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_manipulation.py
+++ b/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_manipulation.py
@@ -1170,6 +1170,12 @@ def test_repeat_axes():
     res = dpt.repeat(x, reps, axis=1)
     assert dpt.all(res == expected_res)
 
+    x = dpt.arange(10, dtype="i4")
+    expected_res = dpt.empty(x.shape[0] * reps, x.dtype)
+    expected_res[::2], expected_res[1::2] = x, x
+    res = dpt.repeat(x, reps, axis=0)
+    assert dpt.all(res == expected_res)
+
 
 def test_repeat_size_0_outputs():
     get_queue_or_skip()