diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Normalization/AdaptiveHistogramEqualizationProcessor{TPixel}.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Normalization/AdaptiveHistogramEqualizationProcessor{TPixel}.cs
index 95626ce1e9..14687426d0 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Normalization/AdaptiveHistogramEqualizationProcessor{TPixel}.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Normalization/AdaptiveHistogramEqualizationProcessor{TPixel}.cs
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Normalization
                 Span<TPixel> rowSpan = source.GetPixelRowSpan(dy);
                 for (int dx = xStart; dx < xEnd; dx++)
                 {
-                    TPixel pixel = rowSpan[dx];
+                    ref TPixel pixel = ref rowSpan[dx];
                     float luminanceEqualized = cdfData.RemapGreyValue(cdfX, cdfY, GetLuminance(pixel, luminanceLevels));
-                    rowSpan[dx].FromVector4(new Vector4(luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, pixel.ToVector4().W));
+                    pixel.FromVector4(new Vector4(luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, pixel.ToVector4().W));
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Normalization
                     Span<TPixel> rowSpan = source.GetPixelRowSpan(dy);
                     for (int dx = xStart; dx < xEnd; dx++)
                     {
-                        TPixel pixel = rowSpan[dx];
+                        ref TPixel pixel = ref rowSpan[dx];
                         float luminanceEqualized = InterpolateBetweenTwoTiles(pixel, cdfData, cdfX, cdfY, cdfX, cdfY + 1, tileY, tileHeight, luminanceLevels);
-                        rowSpan[dx].FromVector4(new Vector4(luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, pixel.ToVector4().W));
+                        pixel.FromVector4(new Vector4(luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, pixel.ToVector4().W));
                     }
 
                     tileY++;
@@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Normalization
                     int xLimit = Math.Min(x + tileWidth, sourceWidth - 1);
                     for (int dx = x; dx < xLimit; dx++)
                     {
-                        TPixel pixel = rowSpan[dx];
+                        ref TPixel pixel = ref rowSpan[dx];
                         float luminanceEqualized = InterpolateBetweenTwoTiles(pixel, cdfData, cdfX, cdfY, cdfX + 1, cdfY, tileX, tileWidth, luminanceLevels);
-                        rowSpan[dx].FromVector4(new Vector4(luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, pixel.ToVector4().W));
+                        pixel.FromVector4(new Vector4(luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, pixel.ToVector4().W));
                         tileX++;
                     }
                 }
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Normalization
                             int tileX = 0;
                             for (int dx = x; dx < xEnd; dx++)
                             {
-                                TPixel pixel = rowSpan[dx];
+                                ref TPixel pixel = ref rowSpan[dx];
                                 float luminanceEqualized = InterpolateBetweenFourTiles(
                                     pixel,
                                     this.cdfData,
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Normalization
                                     this.tileHeight,
                                     this.luminanceLevels);
 
-                                rowSpan[dx].FromVector4(new Vector4(luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, pixel.ToVector4().W));
+                                pixel.FromVector4(new Vector4(luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, pixel.ToVector4().W));
                                 tileX++;
                             }
 
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Normalization/GlobalHistogramEqualizationProcessor{TPixel}.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Normalization/GlobalHistogramEqualizationProcessor{TPixel}.cs
index 2aaf8cdcdc..74d293566c 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Normalization/GlobalHistogramEqualizationProcessor{TPixel}.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Processing/Processors/Normalization/GlobalHistogramEqualizationProcessor{TPixel}.cs
@@ -172,11 +172,11 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Normalization
                 for (int x = 0; x < this.bounds.Width; x++)
                 {
                     // TODO: We should bulk convert here.
-                    TPixel pixel = pixelRow[x];
+                    ref TPixel pixel = ref pixelRow[x];
                     var vector = pixel.ToVector4();
                     int luminance = ImageMaths.GetBT709Luminance(ref vector, levels);
                     float luminanceEqualized = Unsafe.Add(ref cdfBase, luminance) / noOfPixelsMinusCdfMin;
-                    pixelRow[x].FromVector4(new Vector4(luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, vector.W));
+                    pixel.FromVector4(new Vector4(luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, luminanceEqualized, vector.W));
                 }
             }
         }