diff --git a/cpp/src/c_api/neighbor_sampling.cpp b/cpp/src/c_api/neighbor_sampling.cpp
index ebee588309b..782ceb9d403 100644
--- a/cpp/src/c_api/neighbor_sampling.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/c_api/neighbor_sampling.cpp
@@ -867,18 +867,9 @@ struct neighbor_sampling_functor : public cugraph::c_api::abstract_functor {
                  handle_.get_stream());
 
       std::optional<rmm::device_uvector<label_t>> start_vertex_labels{std::nullopt};
-      std::optional<rmm::device_uvector<size_t>> start_vertex_offsets{std::nullopt};
       std::optional<rmm::device_uvector<label_t>> label_to_comm_rank{std::nullopt};
 
       if (start_vertex_offsets_ != nullptr) {
-        start_vertex_offsets =
-          rmm::device_uvector<size_t>{start_vertex_offsets_->size_, handle_.get_stream()};
-        raft::copy(start_vertex_offsets->data(),
-                   start_vertex_offsets_->as_type<size_t>(),
-                   start_vertex_offsets_->size_,
-                   handle_.get_stream());
-        
-
         // Get the number of labels on each GPU
         auto num_local_labels = start_vertex_offsets_->size_ - 1;
         auto global_labels = cugraph::host_scalar_allgather(
@@ -889,16 +880,16 @@ struct neighbor_sampling_functor : public cugraph::c_api::abstract_functor {
         
         // Compute the global start_vertex_label_offsets
         cugraph::detail::transform_increment(handle_.get_stream(),
-                                             (*start_vertex_offsets).begin(),
-                                             (*start_vertex_offsets).size(),
+                                             start_vertex_offsets_->as_type<size_t>(),
+                                             start_vertex_offsets_->size_,
                                              global_labels[handle_.get_comms().get_rank()]);
 
         // Retrieve the start_vertex_labels
         start_vertex_labels =
           cugraph::detail::convert_starting_vertex_offsets_to_labels(
             handle_,
-            raft::device_span<size_t const>{(*start_vertex_offsets).data(),
-                                            (*start_vertex_offsets).size()});
+            raft::device_span<size_t const>{start_vertex_offsets_->as_type<size_t>(),
+                                            start_vertex_offsets_->size_});
       }
 
       if constexpr (multi_gpu) {
@@ -1246,7 +1237,7 @@ struct neighbor_sampling_functor : public cugraph::c_api::abstract_functor {
               raft::device_span<vertex_t const>{
                     vertex_type_offsets.data(), vertex_type_offsets.size()},
               
-              start_vertex_offsets ? start_vertex_offsets->size() : size_t{1},
+              start_vertex_offsets_ ? start_vertex_offsets_->size_ : size_t{1},
               hop ? fan_out_->size_ : size_t{1},
               size_t{1},
               size_t{1},