diff --git a/src/batched/batchedadjtrans.jl b/src/batched/batchedadjtrans.jl
index 130f039bc..9423a6fb6 100644
--- a/src/batched/batchedadjtrans.jl
+++ b/src/batched/batchedadjtrans.jl
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ function Base.stride(A::Union{BatchedTranspose, BatchedAdjoint{<:Real}}, d::Inte
     Base.stride(A.parent, d)
 end
 
+Base.pointer(A::BatchedAdjOrTrans) = pointer(parent(A))
 Base.unsafe_convert(::Type{Ptr{T}}, A::BatchedAdjOrTrans{T}) where {T} =
     Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, parent(A))
 
diff --git a/src/gemm.jl b/src/gemm.jl
index 051508750..3552f3124 100644
--- a/src/gemm.jl
+++ b/src/gemm.jl
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ for (gemm, elt) in gemm_datatype_mappings
             LinearAlgebra.BLAS.chkstride1(B)
             LinearAlgebra.BLAS.chkstride1(C)
 
-            ptrA = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{$elt}, A)
-            ptrB = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{$elt}, B)
-            ptrC = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{$elt}, C)
+            ptrA = pointer(A)
+            ptrB = pointer(B)
+            ptrC = pointer(C)
 
             strA = size(A, 3) == 1 ? 0 : Base.stride(A, 3)
             strB = size(B, 3) == 1 ? 0 : Base.stride(B, 3)