diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/context.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/context.rs
index ddfa3354f17..7f58298fc45 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/context.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/context.rs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ impl Context {
         copy: bool,
         bda: bool,
         res_type: ResourceType,
-    ) -> CLResult<HashMap<&'static Device, Arc<PipeResource>>> {
+    ) -> CLResult<HashMap<&'static Device, PipeResource>> {
         let adj_size: u32 = size.try_into_with_err(CL_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY)?;
         let mut res = HashMap::new();
         let mut pipe_flags = 0;
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ impl Context {
             }
 
             let resource = resource.ok_or(CL_OUT_OF_RESOURCES);
-            res.insert(dev, Arc::new(resource?));
+            res.insert(dev, resource?);
         }
 
         if !user_ptr.is_null() {
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ impl Context {
         user_ptr: *mut c_void,
         copy: bool,
         res_type: ResourceType,
-    ) -> CLResult<HashMap<&'static Device, Arc<PipeResource>>> {
+    ) -> CLResult<HashMap<&'static Device, PipeResource>> {
         let pipe_format = format.to_pipe_format().unwrap();
 
         let width = desc.image_width.try_into_with_err(CL_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY)?;
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ impl Context {
             }
 
             let resource = resource.ok_or(CL_OUT_OF_RESOURCES);
-            res.insert(dev, Arc::new(resource?));
+            res.insert(dev, resource?);
         }
 
         if !user_ptr.is_null() {
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ impl Context {
                 }
             }
 
-            buffers.insert(dev, Arc::new(res));
+            buffers.insert(dev, res);
         }
 
         self.svm.lock().unwrap().svm_ptrs.insert(
@@ -406,16 +406,16 @@ impl Context {
         &self,
         ctx: &QueueContext,
         ptr: usize,
-    ) -> CLResult<Option<Arc<PipeResource>>> {
+    ) -> CLResult<Option<PipeResource>> {
         let svm = self.svm.lock().unwrap();
 
         let Some(alloc) = svm.svm_ptrs.find_alloc_precise(ptr) else {
             return Ok(None);
         };
 
-        Ok(Some(Arc::clone(
-            alloc.alloc.get_res_for_access(ctx, RWFlags::RW)?,
-        )))
+        Ok(Some(
+            alloc.alloc.get_res_for_access(ctx, RWFlags::RW)?.new_ref(),
+        ))
     }
 
     pub fn copy_svm_to_host(
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ impl Context {
         gl_target: cl_GLenum,
         format: cl_image_format,
         gl_props: GLMemProps,
-    ) -> CLResult<HashMap<&'static Device, Arc<PipeResource>>> {
+    ) -> CLResult<HashMap<&'static Device, PipeResource>> {
         let mut res = HashMap::new();
         let target = cl_mem_type_to_texture_target_gl(image_type, gl_target);
         let pipe_format = if image_type == CL_MEM_OBJECT_BUFFER {
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ impl Context {
                 )
                 .ok_or(CL_OUT_OF_RESOURCES)?;
 
-            res.insert(*dev, Arc::new(resource));
+            res.insert(*dev, resource);
         }
 
         Ok(res)
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/gl.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/gl.rs
index b11cfbaf168..e474dccd412 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/gl.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/gl.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use std::os::raw::c_void;
 use std::ptr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-type CLGLMappings = Option<HashMap<Arc<PipeResource>, Arc<PipeResource>>>;
+type CLGLMappings = Option<HashMap<PipeResource, PipeResource>>;
 
 pub struct XPlatManager {
     #[cfg(glx)]
@@ -426,9 +426,9 @@ pub struct GLObject {
 }
 
 pub fn create_shadow_slice(
-    cube_map: &HashMap<&'static Device, Arc<PipeResource>>,
+    cube_map: &HashMap<&'static Device, PipeResource>,
     image_format: cl_image_format,
-) -> CLResult<HashMap<&'static Device, Arc<PipeResource>>> {
+) -> CLResult<HashMap<&'static Device, PipeResource>> {
     let mut slice = HashMap::new();
 
     for (dev, imported_gl_res) in cube_map {
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ pub fn create_shadow_slice(
             )
             .ok_or(CL_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY)?;
 
-        slice.insert(*dev, Arc::new(shadow));
+        slice.insert(*dev, shadow);
     }
 
     Ok(slice)
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ pub fn copy_cube_to_slice(ctx: &QueueContext, mem_objects: &[Mem]) -> CLResult<(
         let cl_res = image.get_res_for_access(ctx, RWFlags::WR)?;
         let gl_res = gl_obj.shadow_map.as_ref().unwrap().get(cl_res).unwrap();
 
-        ctx.resource_copy_texture(gl_res.as_ref(), cl_res.as_ref(), &dst_offset, &src_bx);
+        ctx.resource_copy_texture(gl_res, cl_res, &dst_offset, &src_bx);
     }
 
     Ok(())
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ pub fn copy_slice_to_cube(ctx: &QueueContext, mem_objects: &[Mem]) -> CLResult<(
         let cl_res = image.get_res_for_access(ctx, RWFlags::WR)?;
         let gl_res = gl_obj.shadow_map.as_ref().unwrap().get(cl_res).unwrap();
 
-        ctx.resource_copy_texture(cl_res.as_ref(), gl_res.as_ref(), &dst_offset, &src_bx);
+        ctx.resource_copy_texture(cl_res, gl_res, &dst_offset, &src_bx);
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
index 1d989145eab..bb901d7d777 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::fmt::Display;
-use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::ops::Index;
 use std::ops::Not;
 use std::os::raw::c_void;
@@ -454,7 +453,7 @@ impl NirKernelBuilds {
 
 pub struct NirKernelBuild {
     nir_or_cso: KernelDevStateVariant,
-    constant_buffer: Option<Arc<PipeResource>>,
+    constant_buffer: Option<PipeResource>,
     info: pipe_compute_state_object_info,
     shared_size: u64,
     printf_info: Option<NirPrintfInfo>,
@@ -492,7 +491,7 @@ impl NirKernelBuild {
         }
     }
 
-    fn create_nir_constant_buffer(dev: &Device, nir: &NirShader) -> Option<Arc<PipeResource>> {
+    fn create_nir_constant_buffer(dev: &Device, nir: &NirShader) -> Option<PipeResource> {
         let buf = nir.get_constant_buffer();
         let len = buf.len() as u32;
 
@@ -507,7 +506,7 @@ impl NirKernelBuild {
                 .exec(|ctx| ctx.buffer_subdata(&res, 0, buf.as_ptr().cast(), len))
                 .wait();
 
-            Some(Arc::new(res))
+            Some(res)
         } else {
             None
         }
@@ -1626,7 +1625,7 @@ impl Kernel {
 
             let mut bdas: Vec<_> = bdas
                 .iter()
-                .map(|buffer| Ok(buffer.get_res_for_access(ctx, RWFlags::RW)?.deref()))
+                .map(|buffer| Ok(buffer.get_res_for_access(ctx, RWFlags::RW)?))
                 .collect::<CLResult<_>>()?;
 
             let svms_new = svms
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/memory.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/memory.rs
index 5f51add9fb9..bbb50836a2b 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/memory.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/memory.rs
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ pub enum ResourceValidityEntity {
 
 /// Allocation with real GPU backing storage. Tracks on which device the content is valid on.
 pub struct ResourceAllocation {
-    pub res: HashMap<&'static Device, Arc<PipeResource>>,
+    pub res: HashMap<&'static Device, PipeResource>,
     valid_on: Mutex<Vec<ResourceValidityEntity>>,
     // it's a bit hacky, but storing the pointer as `usize` gives us `Send` and `Sync`. The
     // application is required to ensure no data races exist on the memory anyway.
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ impl ResourceAllocation {
     /// migrate the data to the GPU.
     /// TODO: add a map function to return a mapping to the resource of one device the data is valid
     ///       on instead of migrating if the user would simply map the resource anyway.
-    fn get_res_for_access(&self, ctx: &QueueContext, rw: RWFlags) -> CLResult<&Arc<PipeResource>> {
+    fn get_res_for_access(&self, ctx: &QueueContext, rw: RWFlags) -> CLResult<&PipeResource> {
         let dev = ctx.dev;
         let dev_entity = ResourceValidityEntity::Device(dev);
         let to_res = self.res.get(dev).ok_or(CL_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY)?;
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ pub enum Allocation {
 impl Allocation {
     /// Creates a new allocation object assuming the initial data is valid on every device.
     pub fn new(
-        res: HashMap<&'static Device, Arc<PipeResource>>,
+        res: HashMap<&'static Device, PipeResource>,
         offset: usize,
         host_ptr: *mut c_void,
     ) -> Self {
@@ -508,16 +508,12 @@ impl Allocation {
     }
 
     /// Returns the resource associated with `dev` without any data migration.
-    fn get_res_of_dev(&self, dev: &Device) -> Option<&Arc<PipeResource>> {
+    fn get_res_of_dev(&self, dev: &Device) -> Option<&PipeResource> {
         self.get_real_resource().res.get(dev)
     }
 
     /// Returns the resource associated with `ctx.dev` and transparently migrate the data.
-    pub fn get_res_for_access(
-        &self,
-        ctx: &QueueContext,
-        rw: RWFlags,
-    ) -> CLResult<&Arc<PipeResource>> {
+    pub fn get_res_for_access(&self, ctx: &QueueContext, rw: RWFlags) -> CLResult<&PipeResource> {
         self.get_real_resource().get_res_for_access(ctx, rw)
     }
 
@@ -1084,8 +1080,8 @@ impl MemBase {
                 .iter()
                 .map(|(dev, resource)| {
                     (
-                        Arc::clone(resource),
-                        Arc::clone(imported_gl_tex.get(dev).unwrap()),
+                        resource.new_ref(),
+                        imported_gl_tex.get(dev).unwrap().new_ref(),
                     )
                 })
                 .collect();
@@ -1167,11 +1163,7 @@ impl MemBase {
             && bit_check(self.flags, CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR)
     }
 
-    pub fn get_res_for_access(
-        &self,
-        ctx: &QueueContext,
-        rw: RWFlags,
-    ) -> CLResult<&Arc<PipeResource>> {
+    pub fn get_res_for_access(&self, ctx: &QueueContext, rw: RWFlags) -> CLResult<&PipeResource> {
         self.alloc.get_res_for_access(ctx, rw)
     }