diff --git a/lib/NDArray.chpl b/lib/NDArray.chpl
index b3a367f4f..a849957b8 100644
--- a/lib/NDArray.chpl
+++ b/lib/NDArray.chpl
@@ -552,7 +552,8 @@ operator :(const val: [] ?eltType, type t: ndarray(val.rank,eltType)) do
     return new ndarray(val);
 
 operator :(const a: ndarray(?rank,?eltType),type toType): ndarray(rank,toType) where toType != eltType {
-    const D = a.data : toType;
+    const A = a.data;
+    const D = A : toType;
     return new ndarray(D);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/StaticTensor.chpl b/lib/StaticTensor.chpl
index 292d2be11..fede12dad 100644
--- a/lib/StaticTensor.chpl
+++ b/lib/StaticTensor.chpl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ record tensor : serializable {
     forwarding resource only to, array, grad, device ;//backward;
     proc meta do return this.resource;
 
-    proc _dom do return this.array.domain;
+    proc _dom do return resource.array.domain;
 
     proc init(param rank: int, type eltType = real(64)) {
         this.rank = rank;
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ record tensor : serializable {
 }
 
 operator :(in t: tensor(?rank,?eltType), type toType): tensor(rank,toType) {
-    return new tensor(t.array : toType);
+    const a = t.array;
+    const b = a : toType;
+    return new tensor(b);
 }
 
 proc tensorFromCtx(param rank: int, type eltType, ctx): tensor(rank,eltType) {