diff --git a/pystencils/backends/cbackend.py b/pystencils/backends/cbackend.py
index 76ee03f5838b199b3977bceb3ab398d687b9e8a2..77c6c6ba06cbc39d2d3ad6a865d4c607d5eca200 100644
--- a/pystencils/backends/cbackend.py
+++ b/pystencils/backends/cbackend.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import numpy as np
 import sympy as sp
 from sympy.core import S
 from sympy.printing.ccode import C89CodePrinter
+
 from pystencils.astnodes import KernelFunction, Node
 from pystencils.cpu.vectorization import vec_all, vec_any
 from pystencils.data_types import (
@@ -344,6 +345,9 @@ class CustomSympyPrinter(CCodePrinter):
         result = super(CustomSympyPrinter, self)._print_Piecewise(expr)
         return result.replace("\n", "")
 
+    def _print_Type(self, node):
+        return str(node)
+
     def _print_Function(self, expr):
         infix_functions = {
             bitwise_xor: '^',
@@ -356,7 +360,7 @@ class CustomSympyPrinter(CCodePrinter):
             return expr.to_c(self._print)
         if isinstance(expr, reinterpret_cast_func):
             arg, data_type = expr.args
-            return "*((%s)(& %s))" % (PointerType(data_type, restrict=False), self._print(arg))
+            return "*((%s)(& %s))" % (self._print(PointerType(data_type, restrict=False)), self._print(arg))
         elif isinstance(expr, address_of):
             assert len(expr.args) == 1, "address_of must only have one argument"
             return "&(%s)" % self._print(expr.args[0])
diff --git a/pystencils/backends/opencl_backend.py b/pystencils/backends/opencl_backend.py
index b5da806bb7d4993e4d10fc9615902171d455da1b..a21b3bf489e04d595654f4fb6a3799be20fdf891 100644
--- a/pystencils/backends/opencl_backend.py
+++ b/pystencils/backends/opencl_backend.py
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ class OpenClSympyPrinter(CudaSympyPrinter):
         CustomSympyPrinter.__init__(self)
         self.known_functions = OPENCL_KNOWN_FUNCTIONS
 
+    def _print_Type(self, node):
+        code = super()._print_Type(node)
+        if isinstance(node, pystencils.data_types.PointerType):
+            return "__global " + code
+        else:
+            return code
+
     def _print_ThreadIndexingSymbol(self, node):
         symbol_name: str = node.name
         function_name, dimension = tuple(symbol_name.split("."))