diff --git a/sklearnex/tests/test_memory_usage.py b/sklearnex/tests/test_memory_usage.py
index 2d52a545cf..163c23ff16 100644
--- a/sklearnex/tests/test_memory_usage.py
+++ b/sklearnex/tests/test_memory_usage.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 from onedal import _is_dpc_backend
 from onedal.tests.utils._dataframes_support import (
     _convert_to_dataframe,
+    dpctl_available,
+    dpnp_available,
     get_dataframes_and_queues,
 )
 from onedal.tests.utils._device_selection import get_queues, is_dpctl_device_available
@@ -167,10 +169,13 @@ def take(x, index, axis=0, queue=None):
         return xp.take(
             x, xp.asarray(index, usm_type="device", sycl_queue=x.sycl_queue), axis=axis
         )
+    # TODO:
+    # re-impl _is_numpy_namespace
+    # elif array_api and not isinstance(x, np.ndarray):
     elif array_api:
         return xp.take(x, xp.asarray(index, device=x.device), axis=axis)
     else:
-        return x.take(index, axis=axis)
+        return xp.take(x, xp.asarray(index), axis=axis)
 
 
 def split_train_inference(kf, x, y, estimator, queue=None):
@@ -288,7 +293,7 @@ def _kfold_function_template(
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("order", ["F", "C"])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "dataframe,queue", get_dataframes_and_queues("numpy,pandas,dpctl", "cpu")
+    "dataframe,queue", get_dataframes_and_queues("numpy,pandas,dpctl,array_api", "cpu")
 )
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("estimator", CPU_ESTIMATORS.keys())
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("data_shape", data_shapes)
diff --git a/sklearnex/utils/_array_api.py b/sklearnex/utils/_array_api.py
index bc30be5021..8e731bc425 100644
--- a/sklearnex/utils/_array_api.py
+++ b/sklearnex/utils/_array_api.py
@@ -16,11 +16,20 @@
 
 """Tools to support array_api."""
 
+try:
+    import array_api_compat
+
+    array_api_available = True
+except ImportError:
+    array_api_available = False
+
 import numpy as np
 
 from daal4py.sklearn._utils import sklearn_check_version
 from onedal.utils._array_api import _get_sycl_namespace
 
+from .._config import get_config
+
 if sklearn_check_version("1.2"):
     from sklearn.utils._array_api import get_namespace as sklearn_get_namespace
 
@@ -76,7 +85,19 @@ def get_namespace(*arrays):
 
     if sycl_type:
         return xp, is_array_api_compliant
+    # TODO:
+    # correct condition.
+    # scikit-learn's get_namespace require config_contex(array_api_dispatch=True).
+    # elif sklearn_check_version("1.2") and get_config()["array_api_dispatch"]:
     elif sklearn_check_version("1.2"):
-        return sklearn_get_namespace(*arrays)
+        namespace, is_array_api_compliant = sklearn_get_namespace(*arrays)
+        return namespace, is_array_api_compliant
+    # TODO:
+    # on PR 2096.
+    # elif array_api_available:
+    #     namespace, is_array_api_compliant = array_api_compat.get_namespace(*arrays), True
+    #     return namespace, is_array_api_compliant
+    # TODO:
+    # should be removed.
     else:
         return np, False