diff --git a/src/freedreno/fdl/fd6_view.cc b/src/freedreno/fdl/fd6_view.cc
index 11d59cd1a2a..ae13cc722d9 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/fdl/fd6_view.cc
+++ b/src/freedreno/fdl/fd6_view.cc
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ FD_GENX(fdl6_view_init);
 template <chip CHIP>
 void
 fdl6_buffer_view_init(uint32_t *descriptor, enum pipe_format format,
-                      const uint8_t *swiz, uint64_t iova, uint32_t size,
+                      const uint8_t (&swiz)[4], uint64_t iova, uint32_t size,
                       uint32_t struct_size_texels)
 {
    unsigned elem_size = util_format_get_blocksize(format);
diff --git a/src/freedreno/fdl/freedreno_layout.h b/src/freedreno/fdl/freedreno_layout.h
index 37a5b6ad5d9..01a491b7470 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/fdl/freedreno_layout.h
+++ b/src/freedreno/fdl/freedreno_layout.h
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ fdl6_view_init(struct fdl6_view *view, const struct fdl_layout **layouts,
 template <chip CHIP>
 void
 fdl6_buffer_view_init(uint32_t *descriptor, enum pipe_format format,
-                      const uint8_t *swiz, uint64_t iova, uint32_t size,
+                      const uint8_t (&swiz)[4], uint64_t iova, uint32_t size,
                       uint32_t struct_size_texels = 1);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_descriptor_set.h b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_descriptor_set.h
index b9d66f73ea2..8b90923ffd1 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_descriptor_set.h
+++ b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_descriptor_set.h
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ tu_immutable_ycbcr_samplers(const struct tu_descriptor_set_layout *set,
 
 template <chip CHIP>
 static inline void
-tu_desc_set_swiz(uint32_t *desc, const uint8_t *swiz)
+tu_desc_set_swiz(uint32_t *desc, const uint8_t (&swiz)[4])
 {
    desc[0] = pkt_field_set(A6XX_TEX_CONST_0_SWIZ_X, desc[0], fdl6_swiz(swiz[0]));
    desc[0] = pkt_field_set(A6XX_TEX_CONST_0_SWIZ_Y, desc[0], fdl6_swiz(swiz[1]));