diff --git a/clang/runtime/dpct-rt/include/dpct/memory.hpp b/clang/runtime/dpct-rt/include/dpct/memory.hpp
index b9eb12fd6777..96dc9f51d2f8 100644
--- a/clang/runtime/dpct-rt/include/dpct/memory.hpp
+++ b/clang/runtime/dpct-rt/include/dpct/memory.hpp
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ template <memory_region Memory, class T = byte_t> class memory_traits {
   using accessor_t = typename std::conditional<
       Memory == local, sycl::local_accessor<value_t, Dimension>,
       sycl::accessor<T, Dimension, mode, target>>::type;
-  using pointer_t = T *;
+  using pointer_t = element_t *;
 };
 
 static inline void *dpct_malloc(size_t size, sycl::queue &q) {
@@ -1457,10 +1457,9 @@ template <class T, memory_region Memory> class accessor<T, Memory, 2> {
   accessor(typename std::enable_if<M != local, const accessor_t>::type &acc)
       : accessor(acc, acc.get_range()) {}
   accessor(const accessor_t &acc, const sycl::range<2> &in_range)
-      : accessor(const_cast<pointer_t>(
-                     acc.template get_multi_ptr<sycl::access::decorated::no>()
-                         .get()),
-                 in_range) {}
+      : accessor(
+            acc.template get_multi_ptr<sycl::access::decorated::no>().get(),
+            in_range) {}
 
   pointer_t operator[](size_t index) const {
     return _data + _range.get(1) * index;