diff --git a/meshmode/array_context.py b/meshmode/array_context.py
index c5a439a59d33efe46191adeece6a64daa90ad874..d9791b05b5de77d472853f71967a98363a14be27 100644
--- a/meshmode/array_context.py
+++ b/meshmode/array_context.py
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class PyOpenCLArrayContext(ArrayContext):
         assert program.options.return_dict
         assert program.options.no_numpy
 
-        evt, result = program(self.queue, **kwargs)
+        evt, result = program(self.queue, **kwargs, allocator=self.allocator)
         return result
 
     def freeze(self, array):