diff --git a/ggml-opencl.cpp b/ggml-opencl.cpp
index edc0af3a0..e0c6f089f 100644
--- a/ggml-opencl.cpp
+++ b/ggml-opencl.cpp
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ static void ggml_cl_mul_mat_f32(const ggml_tensor * src0, const ggml_tensor * sr
     size_t d_size;
     cl_mem d_X;
     if (src0->backend == GGML_BACKEND_CL) {
-        d_X = *(cl_mem*) src0->data;
+        d_X = (cl_mem) src0->data;
     } else {
         d_X = ggml_cl_pool_malloc(sizeof(ggml_fp16_t) * x_ne, &x_size, CL_MEM_READ_ONLY);
     }
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ static void ggml_cl_mul_mat_f16(const ggml_tensor * src0, const ggml_tensor * sr
     size_t d_size;
     cl_mem d_X;
     if (src0->backend == GGML_BACKEND_CL) {
-        d_X = *(cl_mem*) src0->data;
+        d_X = (cl_mem) src0->data;
     } else {
         d_X = ggml_cl_pool_malloc(sizeof(ggml_fp16_t) * x_ne, &x_size, CL_MEM_READ_ONLY);
     }
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ static void ggml_cl_mul_mat_q_f32(const ggml_tensor * src0, const ggml_tensor *
                 events.emplace_back();
                 CL_CHECK(ggml_cl_h2d_tensor_2d(queue, d_Q, 0, src0, i03, i02, events.data() + ev_idx++));
             } else if (src0->backend == GGML_BACKEND_CL) {
-                d_Q = *(cl_mem*) src0->data;
+                d_Q = (cl_mem) src0->data;
             } else {
                 GGML_ASSERT(false);
             }
@@ -1151,14 +1151,13 @@ void ggml_cl_transform_tensor(ggml_tensor * tensor) {
     const size_t q_sz = ggml_type_size(type) * ne0 * ne1 * ne2 * ne3 / ggml_blck_size(type);
 
     size_t q_size;
-    cl_mem* dst = (cl_mem*) malloc(sizeof(cl_mem));
-    *dst = ggml_cl_pool_malloc(q_sz, &q_size, CL_MEM_READ_ONLY);
+    cl_mem dst = ggml_cl_pool_malloc(q_sz, &q_size, CL_MEM_READ_ONLY);
 
     // copy tensor to device
     for (int64_t i3 = 0; i3 < ne3; i3++) {
         for (int64_t i2 = 0; i2 < ne2; i2++) {
             int i = i3*ne2 + i2;
-            CL_CHECK(ggml_cl_h2d_tensor_2d(queue, *dst, i*ne0*ne1, tensor, i3, i2, NULL));
+            CL_CHECK(ggml_cl_h2d_tensor_2d(queue, dst, i*ne0*ne1, tensor, i3, i2, NULL));
         }
     }