diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/api/kernel.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/api/kernel.rs
index a8f7f40f1fd..06cc13b4a7c 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/api/kernel.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/api/kernel.rs
@@ -280,17 +280,17 @@ pub fn set_kernel_arg(
                         if ptr.is_null() || (*ptr).is_null() {
                             KernelArgValue::None
                         } else {
-                            KernelArgValue::MemObject((*ptr).get_ref()?)
+                            KernelArgValue::MemObject((*ptr).get_arc()?)
                         }
                     }
                     KernelArgType::MemLocal => KernelArgValue::LocalMem(arg_size),
                     KernelArgType::Image | KernelArgType::RWImage | KernelArgType::Texture => {
                         let img: *const cl_mem = arg_value.cast();
-                        KernelArgValue::MemObject((*img).get_ref()?)
+                        KernelArgValue::MemObject((*img).get_arc()?)
                     }
                     KernelArgType::Sampler => {
                         let ptr: *const cl_sampler = arg_value.cast();
-                        KernelArgValue::Sampler((*ptr).get_ref()?)
+                        KernelArgValue::Sampler((*ptr).get_arc()?)
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
index 1e36bd79896..19f3f9892b0 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 pub enum KernelArgValue {
     None,
     Constant(Vec<u8>),
-    MemObject(&'static Mem),
-    Sampler(&'static Sampler),
+    MemObject(Arc<Mem>),
+    Sampler(Arc<Sampler>),
     LocalMem(usize),
 }