diff --git a/cpp/src/c_api/neighbor_sampling.cpp b/cpp/src/c_api/neighbor_sampling.cpp
index be3a44d813..e89630dfb8 100644
--- a/cpp/src/c_api/neighbor_sampling.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/c_api/neighbor_sampling.cpp
@@ -1220,13 +1220,18 @@ struct neighbor_sampling_functor : public cugraph::c_api::abstract_functor {
 
         } else {  // heterogeneous renumbering
 
+          // FIXME: If no 'vertex_type_offsets' is provided, all vertices are assumed to have
+          // a vertex type of value 1. Update the API once 'vertex_type_offsets' is supported
           rmm::device_uvector<vertex_t> vertex_type_offsets(
-            graph_view.local_vertex_partition_range_size(), handle_.get_stream());
+            2, handle_.get_stream());
+
+          cugraph::detail::stride_fill(
+            handle_.get_stream(),
+            vertex_type_offsets.begin(),
+            vertex_type_offsets.size(),
+            vertex_t{0},
+            vertex_t{graph_view.local_vertex_partition_range_size()}
 
-          cugraph::detail::sequence_fill(handle_.get_stream(),
-                                         vertex_type_offsets.begin(),
-                                         vertex_type_offsets.size(),
-                                         vertex_t{0}  // FIXME: Update array
           );
 
           rmm::device_uvector<vertex_t> output_majors(0, handle_.get_stream());
@@ -1240,7 +1245,7 @@ struct neighbor_sampling_functor : public cugraph::c_api::abstract_functor {
                    edge_id,
                    label_type_hop_offsets,  // Contains information about the type and hop offsets
                    output_renumber_map,
-                   (*renumber_map_offsets),
+                   renumber_map_offsets,
                    renumbered_and_sorted_edge_id_renumber_map,
                    renumbered_and_sorted_edge_id_renumber_map_label_type_offsets) =
             cugraph::heterogeneous_renumber_and_sort_sampled_edgelist<vertex_t>(
@@ -1267,7 +1272,7 @@ struct neighbor_sampling_functor : public cugraph::c_api::abstract_functor {
 
               edge_label ? (*offsets).size() - 1 : size_t{1},
               hop ? fan_out_->size_ : size_t{1},
-              size_t{1},
+              vertex_type_offsets.size() - 1, // num_vertex_type is by default 1 if not provided
               num_edge_types_,
               src_is_major,
               do_expensive_check_);