diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/api/context.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/api/context.rs
index 951eca4967f..1f1db47ed77 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/api/context.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/api/context.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ use rusticl_proc_macros::cl_info_entrypoint;
 
 use std::ffi::c_char;
 use std::ffi::c_void;
-use std::mem::transmute;
 use std::ptr;
 use std::slice;
 
@@ -191,8 +190,11 @@ fn create_context(
         }
 
         // gl sharing is only supported on devices with an UUID, so we can simply unwrap it
-        let dev_uuid: [c_char; UUID_SIZE] =
-            unsafe { transmute(dev.screen().device_uuid().unwrap_or_default()) };
+        let dev_uuid: [c_char; UUID_SIZE] = dev
+            .screen()
+            .device_uuid()
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+            .map(|val| val as c_char);
         if gl_ctx_manager.interop_dev_info.device_uuid != dev_uuid {
             // we only support gl_sharing on the same device
             return Err(CL_INVALID_OPERATION);
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/device.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/device.rs
index f1b8671e589..32cccdcb58a 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/device.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/device.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
-use std::mem::transmute;
 use std::num::NonZeroU64;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::os::raw::*;
@@ -1421,7 +1420,7 @@ pub fn get_devs_for_type(device_type: cl_device_type) -> Vec<&'static Device> {
 
 pub fn get_dev_for_uuid(uuid: [c_char; UUID_SIZE]) -> Option<&'static Device> {
     devs().iter().find(|d| {
-        let uuid: [c_uchar; UUID_SIZE] = unsafe { transmute(uuid) };
+        let uuid: [c_uchar; UUID_SIZE] = uuid.map(|val| val as c_uchar);
         uuid == d.screen().device_uuid().unwrap()
     })
 }