diff --git a/lib/std/coff.zig b/lib/std/coff.zig
index c6d7660f8b..b1be21c4d3 100644
--- a/lib/std/coff.zig
+++ b/lib/std/coff.zig
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub const Coff = struct {
 
         var magic: [2]u8 = undefined;
         try in.readNoEof(magic[0..]);
-        if (!mem.eql(u8, magic, "MZ"))
+        if (!mem.eql(u8, &magic, "MZ"))
             return error.InvalidPEMagic;
 
         // Seek to PE File Header (coff header)
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ pub const Coff = struct {
 
         var pe_header_magic: [4]u8 = undefined;
         try in.readNoEof(pe_header_magic[0..]);
-        if (!mem.eql(u8, pe_header_magic, [_]u8{ 'P', 'E', 0, 0 }))
+        if (!mem.eql(u8, &pe_header_magic, &[_]u8{ 'P', 'E', 0, 0 }))
             return error.InvalidPEHeader;
 
         self.coff_header = CoffHeader{
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ pub const Coff = struct {
         var cv_signature: [4]u8 = undefined; // CodeView signature
         try in.readNoEof(cv_signature[0..]);
         // 'RSDS' indicates PDB70 format, used by lld.
-        if (!mem.eql(u8, cv_signature, "RSDS"))
+        if (!mem.eql(u8, &cv_signature, "RSDS"))
             return error.InvalidPEMagic;
         try in.readNoEof(self.guid[0..]);
         self.age = try in.readIntLittle(u32);
diff --git a/lib/std/debug.zig b/lib/std/debug.zig
index a6a3e148d4..ecd3ebaef1 100644
--- a/lib/std/debug.zig
+++ b/lib/std/debug.zig
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ fn openSelfDebugInfoWindows(allocator: *mem.Allocator) !DebugInfo {
     const len = try di.coff.getPdbPath(path_buf[0..]);
     const raw_path = path_buf[0..len];
 
-    const path = try fs.path.resolve(allocator, [_][]const u8{raw_path});
+    const path = try fs.path.resolve(allocator, &[_][]const u8{raw_path});
 
     try di.pdb.openFile(di.coff, path);
 
@@ -834,10 +834,10 @@ fn openSelfDebugInfoWindows(allocator: *mem.Allocator) !DebugInfo {
     const signature = try pdb_stream.stream.readIntLittle(u32);
     const age = try pdb_stream.stream.readIntLittle(u32);
     var guid: [16]u8 = undefined;
-    try pdb_stream.stream.readNoEof(guid[0..]);
+    try pdb_stream.stream.readNoEof(&guid);
     if (version != 20000404) // VC70, only value observed by LLVM team
         return error.UnknownPDBVersion;
-    if (!mem.eql(u8, di.coff.guid, guid) or di.coff.age != age)
+    if (!mem.eql(u8, &di.coff.guid, &guid) or di.coff.age != age)
         return error.PDBMismatch;
     // We validated the executable and pdb match.
 
diff --git a/lib/std/os.zig b/lib/std/os.zig
index 22d52b24a6..f083fabb6d 100644
--- a/lib/std/os.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os.zig
@@ -1569,8 +1569,8 @@ pub fn isCygwinPty(handle: fd_t) bool {
     const name_info = @ptrCast(*const windows.FILE_NAME_INFO, &name_info_bytes[0]);
     const name_bytes = name_info_bytes[size .. size + @as(usize, name_info.FileNameLength)];
     const name_wide = @bytesToSlice(u16, name_bytes);
-    return mem.indexOf(u16, name_wide, [_]u16{ 'm', 's', 'y', 's', '-' }) != null or
-        mem.indexOf(u16, name_wide, [_]u16{ '-', 'p', 't', 'y' }) != null;
+    return mem.indexOf(u16, name_wide, &[_]u16{ 'm', 's', 'y', 's', '-' }) != null or
+        mem.indexOf(u16, name_wide, &[_]u16{ '-', 'p', 't', 'y' }) != null;
 }
 
 pub const SocketError = error{
diff --git a/lib/std/os/windows.zig b/lib/std/os/windows.zig
index 5fc18accb8..ca3a0126c4 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/windows.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/windows.zig
@@ -932,9 +932,9 @@ pub fn wToPrefixedFileW(s: []const u16) ![PATH_MAX_WIDE:0]u16 {
     // TODO https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/2765
     var result: [PATH_MAX_WIDE:0]u16 = undefined;
 
-    const start_index = if (mem.startsWith(u16, s, [_]u16{ '\\', '?' })) 0 else blk: {
+    const start_index = if (mem.startsWith(u16, s, &[_]u16{ '\\', '?' })) 0 else blk: {
         const prefix = [_]u16{ '\\', '?', '?', '\\' };
-        mem.copy(u16, result[0..], prefix);
+        mem.copy(u16, result[0..], &prefix);
         break :blk prefix.len;
     };
     const end_index = start_index + s.len;
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ pub fn sliceToPrefixedSuffixedFileW(s: []const u8, comptime suffix: []const u16)
     }
     const start_index = if (mem.startsWith(u8, s, "\\?") or !std.fs.path.isAbsolute(s)) 0 else blk: {
         const prefix = [_]u16{ '\\', '?', '?', '\\' };
-        mem.copy(u16, result[0..], prefix);
+        mem.copy(u16, result[0..], &prefix);
         break :blk prefix.len;
     };
     const end_index = start_index + try std.unicode.utf8ToUtf16Le(result[start_index..], s);
diff --git a/lib/std/pdb.zig b/lib/std/pdb.zig
index 8e4a9b5d6a..aef68631b7 100644
--- a/lib/std/pdb.zig
+++ b/lib/std/pdb.zig
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ const Msf = struct {
         const superblock = try in.readStruct(SuperBlock);
 
         // Sanity checks
-        if (!mem.eql(u8, superblock.FileMagic, SuperBlock.file_magic))
+        if (!mem.eql(u8, &superblock.FileMagic, SuperBlock.file_magic))
             return error.InvalidDebugInfo;
         if (superblock.FreeBlockMapBlock != 1 and superblock.FreeBlockMapBlock != 2)
             return error.InvalidDebugInfo;
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ const Msf = struct {
             const size = stream_sizes[i];
             if (size == 0) {
                 stream.* = MsfStream{
-                    .blocks = [_]u32{},
+                    .blocks = &[_]u32{},
                 };
             } else {
                 var blocks = try allocator.alloc(u32, size);