diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGCall.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGCall.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGCall.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGCall.cpp
@@ -1971,10 +1971,9 @@
   }
 
   // TODO: NoUnwind attribute should be added for other GPU modes HIP,
-  // SYCL, OpenMP offload. AFAIK, none of them support exceptions in device
-  // code.
+  // OpenMP offload. AFAIK, neither of them support exceptions in device code.
   if ((getLangOpts().CUDA && getLangOpts().CUDAIsDevice) ||
-      getLangOpts().OpenCL) {
+      getLangOpts().OpenCL || getLangOpts().SYCLIsDevice) {
     FuncAttrs.addAttribute(llvm::Attribute::NoUnwind);
   }
 
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGenSYCL/convergent.cpp b/clang/test/CodeGenSYCL/function-attrs.cpp
rename from clang/test/CodeGenSYCL/convergent.cpp
rename to clang/test/CodeGenSYCL/function-attrs.cpp
--- a/clang/test/CodeGenSYCL/convergent.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGenSYCL/function-attrs.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsycl-is-device -emit-llvm -disable-llvm-passes \
-// RUN:  -triple spir64 -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck %s
+// RUN:  -triple spir64 -fexceptions -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck %s
 
-// CHECK-DAG: Function Attrs:
-// CHECK-DAG-SAME: convergent
-// CHECK-DAG-NEXT: define void @_Z3foov
-void foo() {
-  int a = 1;
+int foo();
+
+// CHECK: define dso_local spir_func void @_Z3barv() [[BAR:#[0-9]+]]
+// CHECK: attributes [[BAR]] =
+// CHECK-SAME: convergent
+// CHECK-SAME: nounwind
+void bar() {
+  int a = foo();
+}
+
+int foo() {
+  return 1;
 }
 
 template <typename Name, typename Func>