diff --git a/src/codegen/spirv.zig b/src/codegen/spirv.zig
index 21a3dab1bd..b372a38ddf 100644
--- a/src/codegen/spirv.zig
+++ b/src/codegen/spirv.zig
@@ -1765,6 +1765,7 @@ pub const DeclGen = struct {
             .slice_elem_ptr => try self.airSliceElemPtr(inst),
             .slice_elem_val => try self.airSliceElemVal(inst),
             .ptr_elem_ptr   => try self.airPtrElemPtr(inst),
+            .ptr_elem_val   => try self.airPtrElemVal(inst),
 
             .struct_field_val => try self.airStructFieldVal(inst),
 
@@ -2482,29 +2483,52 @@ pub const DeclGen = struct {
         return try self.load(slice_ty, elem_ptr);
     }
 
+    fn ptrElemPtr(self: *DeclGen, ptr_ty: Type, ptr_id: IdRef, index_id: IdRef) !IdRef {
+        // Construct new pointer type for the resulting pointer
+        const elem_ty = ptr_ty.elemType2(); // use elemType() so that we get T for *[N]T.
+        const elem_ty_ref = try self.resolveType(elem_ty, .direct);
+        const elem_ptr_ty_ref = try self.spv.ptrType(elem_ty_ref, spvStorageClass(ptr_ty.ptrAddressSpace()), 0);
+        if (ptr_ty.isSinglePointer()) {
+            // Pointer-to-array. In this case, the resulting pointer is not of the same type
+            // as the ptr_ty (we want a *T, not a *[N]T), and hence we need to use accessChain.
+            return try self.accessChain(elem_ptr_ty_ref, ptr_id, &.{index_id});
+        } else {
+            // Resulting pointer type is the same as the ptr_ty, so use ptrAccessChain
+            return try self.ptrAccessChain(elem_ptr_ty_ref, ptr_id, index_id, &.{});
+        }
+    }
+
     fn airPtrElemPtr(self: *DeclGen, inst: Air.Inst.Index) !?IdRef {
         if (self.liveness.isUnused(inst)) return null;
 
         const ty_pl = self.air.instructions.items(.data)[inst].ty_pl;
         const bin_op = self.air.extraData(Air.Bin, ty_pl.payload).data;
         const ptr_ty = self.air.typeOf(bin_op.lhs);
-        const result_ty = self.air.typeOfIndex(inst);
         const elem_ty = ptr_ty.childType();
         // TODO: Make this return a null ptr or something
         if (!elem_ty.hasRuntimeBitsIgnoreComptime()) return null;
 
-        const result_ty_ref = try self.resolveType(result_ty, .direct);
-        const base_ptr = try self.resolve(bin_op.lhs);
-        const rhs = try self.resolve(bin_op.rhs);
+        const ptr_id = try self.resolve(bin_op.lhs);
+        const index_id = try self.resolve(bin_op.rhs);
+        return try self.ptrElemPtr(ptr_ty, ptr_id, index_id);
+    }
 
-        if (ptr_ty.isSinglePointer()) {
-            // Pointer-to-array. In this case, the resulting pointer is not of the same type
-            // as the ptr_ty, and hence we need to use accessChain.
-            return try self.accessChain(result_ty_ref, base_ptr, &.{rhs});
-        } else {
-            // Resulting pointer type is the same as the ptr_ty, so use ptrAccessChain
-            return try self.ptrAccessChain(result_ty_ref, base_ptr, rhs, &.{});
-        }
+    fn airPtrElemVal(self: *DeclGen, inst: Air.Inst.Index) !?IdRef {
+        const bin_op = self.air.instructions.items(.data)[inst].bin_op;
+        const ptr_ty = self.air.typeOf(bin_op.lhs);
+        const ptr_id = try self.resolve(bin_op.lhs);
+        const index_id = try self.resolve(bin_op.rhs);
+
+        const elem_ptr_id = try self.ptrElemPtr(ptr_ty, ptr_id, index_id);
+
+        // If we have a pointer-to-array, construct an element pointer to use with load()
+        // If we pass ptr_ty directly, it will attempt to load the entire array rather than
+        // just an element.
+        var elem_ptr_info = ptr_ty.ptrInfo();
+        elem_ptr_info.data.size = .One;
+        const elem_ptr_ty = Type.initPayload(&elem_ptr_info.base);
+
+        return try self.load(elem_ptr_ty, elem_ptr_id);
     }
 
     fn airStructFieldVal(self: *DeclGen, inst: Air.Inst.Index) !?IdRef {
diff --git a/test/behavior/align.zig b/test/behavior/align.zig
index bc1091ace7..dd0ea31711 100644
--- a/test/behavior/align.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/align.zig
@@ -215,8 +215,6 @@ test "alignment and size of structs with 128-bit fields" {
 }
 
 test "@ptrCast preserves alignment of bigger source" {
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
-
     var x: u32 align(16) = 1234;
     const ptr = @ptrCast(*u8, &x);
     try expect(@TypeOf(ptr) == *align(16) u8);
diff --git a/test/behavior/call.zig b/test/behavior/call.zig
index 76225d815d..c1bd1ae76d 100644
--- a/test/behavior/call.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/call.zig
@@ -385,8 +385,6 @@ test "generic function with generic function parameter" {
 }
 
 test "recursive inline call with comptime known argument" {
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
-
     const S = struct {
         inline fn foo(x: i32) i32 {
             if (x <= 0) {
diff --git a/test/behavior/cast.zig b/test/behavior/cast.zig
index f3a64b4b7c..594bf683e5 100644
--- a/test/behavior/cast.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/cast.zig
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ test "peer result null and comptime_int" {
 test "*const ?[*]const T to [*c]const [*c]const T" {
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_aarch64) return error.SkipZigTest;
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_sparc64) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
 
     var array = [_]u8{ 'o', 'k' };
     const opt_array_ptr: ?[*]const u8 = &array;
diff --git a/test/behavior/error.zig b/test/behavior/error.zig
index 89ce094010..618af87e10 100644
--- a/test/behavior/error.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/error.zig
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ test "error values" {
 }
 
 test "redefinition of error values allowed" {
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
     shouldBeNotEqual(error.AnError, error.SecondError);
 }
 fn shouldBeNotEqual(a: anyerror, b: anyerror) void {
diff --git a/test/behavior/eval.zig b/test/behavior/eval.zig
index cd913dcc9a..68d43ef0b6 100644
--- a/test/behavior/eval.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/eval.zig
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ test "inline variable gets result of const if" {
 }
 
 test "static function evaluation" {
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
-
     try expect(statically_added_number == 3);
 }
 const statically_added_number = staticAdd(1, 2);
diff --git a/test/behavior/floatop.zig b/test/behavior/floatop.zig
index 97054b7083..9391aa9398 100644
--- a/test/behavior/floatop.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/floatop.zig
@@ -620,7 +620,6 @@ test "@floor" {
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_arm) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_aarch64) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_sparc64) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
 
     comptime try testFloor();
     try testFloor();
diff --git a/test/behavior/fn.zig b/test/behavior/fn.zig
index 608b992eb3..4f05054522 100644
--- a/test/behavior/fn.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/fn.zig
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ fn testParamsAdd(a: i32, b: i32) i32 {
 }
 
 test "local variables" {
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
-
     testLocVars(2);
 }
 fn testLocVars(b: i32) void {
diff --git a/test/behavior/for.zig b/test/behavior/for.zig
index c99ee2edeb..c41fccfc80 100644
--- a/test/behavior/for.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/for.zig
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ fn testBreakOuter() !void {
 }
 
 test "continue outer for loop" {
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
-
     try testContinueOuter();
     comptime try testContinueOuter();
 }
diff --git a/test/behavior/generics.zig b/test/behavior/generics.zig
index eddca9e7b1..97257d75a3 100644
--- a/test/behavior/generics.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/generics.zig
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ fn checkSize(comptime T: type) usize {
 test "simple generic fn" {
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_aarch64) return error.SkipZigTest;
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_sparc64) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
 
     try expect(max(i32, 3, -1) == 3);
     try expect(max(u8, 1, 100) == 100);
diff --git a/test/behavior/optional.zig b/test/behavior/optional.zig
index a813580a20..4a043c6a6e 100644
--- a/test/behavior/optional.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/optional.zig
@@ -421,7 +421,6 @@ test "optional of noreturn used with orelse" {
 }
 
 test "orelse on C pointer" {
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
 
     // TODO https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/6597
     const foo: [*c]const u8 = "hey";
diff --git a/test/behavior/packed-struct.zig b/test/behavior/packed-struct.zig
index 7406c22f46..0bd6390796 100644
--- a/test/behavior/packed-struct.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/packed-struct.zig
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ test "flags in packed structs" {
 
 test "consistent size of packed structs" {
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_sparc64) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
 
     const TxData1 = packed struct { data: u8, _23: u23, full: bool = false };
     const TxData2 = packed struct { data: u9, _22: u22, full: bool = false };
diff --git a/test/behavior/pointers.zig b/test/behavior/pointers.zig
index 5ab1b09c89..70bc6ad47e 100644
--- a/test/behavior/pointers.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/pointers.zig
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ fn testDerefPtr() !void {
 test "pointer arithmetic" {
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_aarch64) return error.SkipZigTest;
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_sparc64) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
 
     var ptr: [*]const u8 = "abcd";
 
@@ -300,7 +299,6 @@ test "null terminated pointer" {
 test "allow any sentinel" {
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_aarch64) return error.SkipZigTest;
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_sparc64) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
 
     const S = struct {
         fn doTheTest() !void {
diff --git a/test/behavior/sizeof_and_typeof.zig b/test/behavior/sizeof_and_typeof.zig
index 3f70f02fcb..e463e51753 100644
--- a/test/behavior/sizeof_and_typeof.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/sizeof_and_typeof.zig
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ test "@TypeOf() has no runtime side effects" {
 
 test "branching logic inside @TypeOf" {
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_arm) return error.SkipZigTest;
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
 
     const S = struct {
         var data: i32 = 0;
diff --git a/test/behavior/slice.zig b/test/behavior/slice.zig
index dc27328e6d..79fde3482c 100644
--- a/test/behavior/slice.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/slice.zig
@@ -672,7 +672,6 @@ test "array mult of slice gives ptr to array" {
 
 test "slice bounds in comptime concatenation" {
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_sparc64) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
 
     const bs = comptime blk: {
         const b = "........1........";
diff --git a/test/behavior/struct.zig b/test/behavior/struct.zig
index a4a24ef3b3..4553596c41 100644
--- a/test/behavior/struct.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/struct.zig
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ test "struct byval assign" {
 }
 
 test "call struct static method" {
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
-
     const result = StructWithNoFields.add(3, 4);
     try expect(result == 7);
 }
diff --git a/test/behavior/switch.zig b/test/behavior/switch.zig
index dd096f89ed..3f6cd37298 100644
--- a/test/behavior/switch.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/switch.zig
@@ -348,8 +348,6 @@ fn returnsFalse() bool {
     }
 }
 test "switch on const enum with var" {
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
-
     try expect(!returnsFalse());
 }
 
diff --git a/test/behavior/threadlocal.zig b/test/behavior/threadlocal.zig
index 57740f75ce..763c87605c 100644
--- a/test/behavior/threadlocal.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/threadlocal.zig
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ test "reference a global threadlocal variable" {
         else => return error.SkipZigTest,
     }; // TODO
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_sparc64) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
 
     _ = nrfx_uart_rx(&g_uart0);
 }
diff --git a/test/behavior/type_info.zig b/test/behavior/type_info.zig
index 18b65b755e..2fdb112a72 100644
--- a/test/behavior/type_info.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/type_info.zig
@@ -512,7 +512,6 @@ test "type info for async frames" {
 
 test "Declarations are returned in declaration order" {
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_sparc64) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
 
     const S = struct {
         const a = 1;
diff --git a/test/behavior/var_args.zig b/test/behavior/var_args.zig
index 94e2a81a9a..a2a0e7b4c6 100644
--- a/test/behavior/var_args.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/var_args.zig
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ test "send void arg to var args" {
 test "pass args directly" {
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_aarch64) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_sparc64) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
 
     try expect(addSomeStuff(.{ @as(i32, 1), @as(i32, 2), @as(i32, 3), @as(i32, 4) }) == 10);
     try expect(addSomeStuff(.{@as(i32, 1234)}) == 1234);
diff --git a/test/behavior/while.zig b/test/behavior/while.zig
index 8d3e3a12da..a051a8fd3b 100644
--- a/test/behavior/while.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/while.zig
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ fn staticWhileLoop2() i32 {
 }
 
 test "while with continue expression" {
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_spirv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
-
     var sum: i32 = 0;
     {
         var i: i32 = 0;