diff --git a/pyopencl/array.py b/pyopencl/array.py
index 704c495b4bff7ceed3d4808244a8bdb844f267b5..a4a5f4cffa57a314192878aec926f99285954b78 100644
--- a/pyopencl/array.py
+++ b/pyopencl/array.py
@@ -663,7 +663,8 @@ class Array(object):
         if ary is None:
             ary = np.empty(self.shape, self.dtype)
 
-            ary = _as_strided(ary, strides=self.strides)
+            if self.strides != ary.strides:
+                ary = _as_strided(ary, strides=self.strides)
         else:
             if ary.size != self.size:
                 raise TypeError("'ary' has non-matching size")
diff --git a/src/wrap_cl.hpp b/src/wrap_cl.hpp
index 81ff64a3b3c5f7e810bec2dccc1b992373185d5f..b4d168314493a05815bbe90f76bd350d25f1e60b 100644
--- a/src/wrap_cl.hpp
+++ b/src/wrap_cl.hpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 #endif
 
 
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03000000
+#if (PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03000000) or defined(PYPY_VERSION)
 #define PYOPENCL_USE_NEW_BUFFER_INTERFACE
 #define PYOPENCL_STD_MOVE_IF_NEW_BUF_INTF(s) std::move(s)
 #else