diff --git a/dpctl/tensor/_copy_utils.py b/dpctl/tensor/_copy_utils.py
index 541d1d4fae..e759571790 100644
--- a/dpctl/tensor/_copy_utils.py
+++ b/dpctl/tensor/_copy_utils.py
@@ -517,9 +517,10 @@ def _nonzero_impl(ary):
         mask_nelems, dtype=cumsum_dt, sycl_queue=exec_q, order="C"
     )
     mask_count = ti.mask_positions(ary, cumsum, sycl_queue=exec_q)
+    indexes_dt = ti.default_device_int_type(exec_q.sycl_device)
     indexes = dpt.empty(
         (ary.ndim, mask_count),
-        dtype=cumsum.dtype,
+        dtype=indexes_dt,
         usm_type=usm_type,
         sycl_queue=exec_q,
         order="C",
diff --git a/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_indexing.py b/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_indexing.py
index 41688075e0..87d89a1b8d 100644
--- a/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_indexing.py
+++ b/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_indexing.py
@@ -1345,3 +1345,15 @@ def test_nonzero_arg_validation():
         dpt.nonzero(list())
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         dpt.nonzero(dpt.asarray(1))
+
+
+def test_nonzero_dtype():
+    "See gh-1322"
+    get_queue_or_skip()
+    x = dpt.ones((3, 4))
+    idx, idy = dpt.nonzero(x)
+    # create array using device's
+    # default integral data type
+    ref = dpt.arange(8)
+    assert idx.dtype == ref.dtype
+    assert idy.dtype == ref.dtype