diff --git a/IGC/AdaptorOCL/OCL/sp/spp_g8.cpp b/IGC/AdaptorOCL/OCL/sp/spp_g8.cpp
index 29972082f65d..3e32b2347999 100644
--- a/IGC/AdaptorOCL/OCL/sp/spp_g8.cpp
+++ b/IGC/AdaptorOCL/OCL/sp/spp_g8.cpp
@@ -393,7 +393,10 @@ static std::string getTempFileName(const IGC::COpenCLKernel* kernel)
     EC = sys::fs::getPotentiallyUniqueTempFileName("ze", "elf", FileName);
     if (EC) {
         IGC::CodeGenContext* ctx = kernel->GetContext();
-        ctx->EmitError((std::string("unable to create temporary file for kernel: ") + kernel->m_kernelInfo.m_kernelName).c_str(), nullptr);
+        if (ctx)
+        {
+            ctx->EmitError((std::string("unable to create temporary file for kernel: ") + kernel->m_kernelInfo.m_kernelName).c_str(), nullptr);
+        }
         return "";
     }
     return FileName.c_str();
@@ -623,7 +626,10 @@ bool CGen8OpenCLProgram::GetZEBinary(
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        ctx->EmitError((std::string("failed to open ELF file: ") + elfFileNameStr).c_str(), nullptr);
+                        if (ctx)
+                        {
+                            ctx->EmitError((std::string("failed to open ELF file: ") + elfFileNameStr).c_str(), nullptr);
+                        }
                         elfTmpFilesError = true; // Handle this error at the end of this function
                         break;
                     }
@@ -722,23 +728,32 @@ bool CGen8OpenCLProgram::GetZEBinary(
                             else
                             {
                                 ECfileOpen = MBOrErr.getError();
-                                ctx->EmitError("ELF linked file cannot be buffered", nullptr);
-                                ctx->EmitError(ECfileOpen.message().c_str(), nullptr);
+                                if (ctx)
+                                {
+                                    ctx->EmitError("ELF linked file cannot be buffered", nullptr);
+                                    ctx->EmitError(ECfileOpen.message().c_str(), nullptr);
+                                }
                                 elfTmpFilesError = true; // Handle this error also below
                             }
                         }
                         else
                         {
                             ECfileOpen = errorToErrorCode(FDOrErr.takeError());
-                            ctx->EmitError("ELF linked file cannot be opened", nullptr);
-                            ctx->EmitError(ECfileOpen.message().c_str(), nullptr);
+                            if (ctx)
+                            {
+                                ctx->EmitError("ELF linked file cannot be opened", nullptr);
+                                ctx->EmitError(ECfileOpen.message().c_str(), nullptr);
+                            }
                             elfTmpFilesError = true; // Handle this error also below
 
                         }
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        ctx->EmitError("ELF linked file size error", nullptr);
+                        if (ctx)
+                        {
+                            ctx->EmitError("ELF linked file size error", nullptr);
+                        }
                         elfTmpFilesError = true; // Handle this error also below
                     }
                 }
@@ -751,7 +766,10 @@ bool CGen8OpenCLProgram::GetZEBinary(
 #endif // LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR
                     if (!linkErrStr.empty())
                     {
-                        ctx->EmitError(linkErrStr.c_str(), nullptr);
+                        if (ctx)
+                        {
+                            ctx->EmitError(linkErrStr.c_str(), nullptr);
+                        }
                         elfTmpFilesError = true; // Handle this error also below
                     }
                 }
@@ -761,7 +779,10 @@ bool CGen8OpenCLProgram::GetZEBinary(
         if (elfTmpFilesError)
         {
             // Nothing to do with the linker when any error with temporary files occured.
-            ctx->EmitError("ZeBinary will not contain correct debug info due to an ELF temporary files error", nullptr);
+            if (ctx)
+            {
+                ctx->EmitError("ZeBinary will not contain correct debug info due to an ELF temporary files error", nullptr);
+            }
             retValue = false;
         }
 
diff --git a/IGC/Compiler/CISACodeGen/EmitVISAPass.cpp b/IGC/Compiler/CISACodeGen/EmitVISAPass.cpp
index 152f0d14901f..132d22289f9b 100644
--- a/IGC/Compiler/CISACodeGen/EmitVISAPass.cpp
+++ b/IGC/Compiler/CISACodeGen/EmitVISAPass.cpp
@@ -20299,11 +20299,11 @@ void EmitPass::emitDpas(GenIntrinsicInst* GII, const SSource* Sources, const Dst
     }
 
     // float dpas uses short as bfloat16 for either input or dst.
-    ConstantInt* pa = dyn_cast<ConstantInt>(GII->getOperand(3)); // Activation's precision
-    ConstantInt* pb = dyn_cast<ConstantInt>(GII->getOperand(4)); // Weight's precision
-    ConstantInt* sdepth = dyn_cast<ConstantInt>(GII->getOperand(5));
-    ConstantInt* rcount = dyn_cast<ConstantInt>(GII->getOperand(6));
-    ConstantInt* dpasw = dyn_cast<ConstantInt>(GII->getOperand(7));
+    ConstantInt* pa = cast<ConstantInt>(GII->getOperand(3)); // Activation's precision
+    ConstantInt* pb = cast<ConstantInt>(GII->getOperand(4)); // Weight's precision
+    ConstantInt* sdepth = cast<ConstantInt>(GII->getOperand(5));
+    ConstantInt* rcount = cast<ConstantInt>(GII->getOperand(6));
+    ConstantInt* dpasw = cast<ConstantInt>(GII->getOperand(7));
     int PA = (int)pa->getSExtValue();
     int PB = (int)pb->getSExtValue();
     int SD = (int)sdepth->getSExtValue();
diff --git a/IGC/Metrics/IGCMetricImpl.cpp b/IGC/Metrics/IGCMetricImpl.cpp
index 81240e0d98df..3e1ac4ee0f6f 100644
--- a/IGC/Metrics/IGCMetricImpl.cpp
+++ b/IGC/Metrics/IGCMetricImpl.cpp
@@ -954,16 +954,13 @@ namespace IGCMetrics
             llvm::MetadataAsValue* MDValue = makeMDasVal(New);
 
             llvm::Instruction* insertAfter = nullptr;
-            if (llvm::isa<llvm::Argument>(New))
+            if (auto arg = llvm::dyn_cast<llvm::Argument>(New))
             {
-                auto firstInstr = &*llvm::dyn_cast<llvm::Argument>(New)
-                    ->getParent()->getEntryBlock().begin();
-
-                insertAfter = firstInstr;
+                insertAfter = &*arg->getParent()->getEntryBlock().begin();
             }
-            else if (llvm::isa<llvm::Instruction>(New))
+            else if (auto instruction = llvm::dyn_cast<llvm::Instruction>(New))
             {
-                insertAfter = llvm::dyn_cast<llvm::Instruction>(New);
+                insertAfter = instruction;
             }
             else
             {
diff --git a/visa/GraphColor.cpp b/visa/GraphColor.cpp
index 49ea61fc98f2..2e2d40e7f4c4 100644
--- a/visa/GraphColor.cpp
+++ b/visa/GraphColor.cpp
@@ -3298,7 +3298,7 @@ void Augmentation::markNonDefaultDstRgn(G4_INST *inst, G4_Operand *opnd) {
   }
 
   // Handle dst
-  if (inst->isCall() || inst->isCallerSave()) {
+  if (dst && (inst->isCall() || inst->isCallerSave())) {
     const G4_Declare *dcl = dst->getBase()->asRegVar()->getDeclare();
     if (dcl && liveAnalysis.livenessClass(dcl->getRegFile())) {
       gra.setAugmentationMask(dcl->getRootDeclare(),
diff --git a/visa/PointsToAnalysis.cpp b/visa/PointsToAnalysis.cpp
index ad37044ca306..96aab0da8c77 100644
--- a/visa/PointsToAnalysis.cpp
+++ b/visa/PointsToAnalysis.cpp
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ void PointsToAnalysis::doPointsToAnalysis(FlowGraph &fg) {
                 G4_VarBase *srcPtr = src->isSrcRegRegion()
                                          ? src->asSrcRegRegion()->getBase()
                                          : nullptr;
+                vASSERT(srcPtr);
                 // case:  arithmetic-op   A0 A1 src1
                 // merge the two addr's points-to set together
                 G4_RegVar *ptrVar = ptr->asRegVar();
diff --git a/visa/RADebug.cpp b/visa/RADebug.cpp
index c8a928592257..71db5b454771 100644
--- a/visa/RADebug.cpp
+++ b/visa/RADebug.cpp
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ bool VerifyAugmentation::isClobbered(LiveRange *lr, std::string &msg) {
           if (oiDst && oiDst->isDstRegRegion() && oiDst->getTopDcl()) {
             unsigned oilb = 0, oirb = 0;
             auto oiLR = DclLRMap[oiDst->getTopDcl()];
-            if (oiLR && !oiLR->getPhyReg())
+            if (!oiLR->getPhyReg())
               continue;
 
             oilb = oiLR->getPhyReg()->asGreg()->getRegNum() *
diff --git a/visa/VisaToG4/TranslateSendLdStLegacy.cpp b/visa/VisaToG4/TranslateSendLdStLegacy.cpp
index 63ee82666a2b..54928d741d46 100644
--- a/visa/VisaToG4/TranslateSendLdStLegacy.cpp
+++ b/visa/VisaToG4/TranslateSendLdStLegacy.cpp
@@ -1235,6 +1235,8 @@ int IR_Builder::translateVISADwordAtomicInst(
                   ((atomicOp != ATOMIC_FADD) && (atomicOp != ATOMIC_FSUB)),
               "FADD/FSUB atomic operations are only supported on this devices");
 
+  vASSERT(surface);
+
   VISA_Exec_Size instExecSize = execSize;
   execSize = roundUpExecSize(execSize);
 
@@ -1256,7 +1258,7 @@ int IR_Builder::translateVISADwordAtomicInst(
   unsigned len = 0;
 
   bool useHeader =
-      needsA32MsgHeader() && surface && isStatelessSurface(surface);
+      needsA32MsgHeader() && isStatelessSurface(surface);
   if (useHeader) {
     G4_Declare *dcl = createSendPayloadDcl(getGenxDataportIOSize(), Type_UD);