Index: streamexecutor/examples/CUDASaxpy.cpp
===================================================================
--- streamexecutor/examples/CUDASaxpy.cpp
+++ streamexecutor/examples/CUDASaxpy.cpp
@@ -108,25 +108,25 @@
   if (Platform->getDeviceCount() == 0) {
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
-  se::Device *Device = getOrDie(Platform->getDevice(0));
+  se::Device Device = getOrDie(Platform->getDevice(0));
 
   // Load the kernel onto the device.
   cg::SaxpyKernel Kernel =
-      getOrDie(Device->createKernel<cg::SaxpyKernel>(cg::SaxpyLoaderSpec));
+      getOrDie(Device.createKernel<cg::SaxpyKernel>(cg::SaxpyLoaderSpec));
 
   se::RegisteredHostMemory<float> RegisteredX =
-      getOrDie(Device->registerHostMemory<float>(HostX));
+      getOrDie(Device.registerHostMemory<float>(HostX));
   se::RegisteredHostMemory<float> RegisteredY =
-      getOrDie(Device->registerHostMemory<float>(HostY));
+      getOrDie(Device.registerHostMemory<float>(HostY));
 
   // Allocate memory on the device.
   se::GlobalDeviceMemory<float> X =
-      getOrDie(Device->allocateDeviceMemory<float>(ArraySize));
+      getOrDie(Device.allocateDeviceMemory<float>(ArraySize));
   se::GlobalDeviceMemory<float> Y =
-      getOrDie(Device->allocateDeviceMemory<float>(ArraySize));
+      getOrDie(Device.allocateDeviceMemory<float>(ArraySize));
 
   // Run operations on a stream.
-  se::Stream Stream = getOrDie(Device->createStream());
+  se::Stream Stream = getOrDie(Device.createStream());
   Stream.thenCopyH2D(RegisteredX, X)
       .thenCopyH2D(RegisteredY, Y)
       .thenLaunch(ArraySize, 1, Kernel, A, X, Y)
Index: streamexecutor/examples/HostSaxpy.cpp
===================================================================
--- streamexecutor/examples/HostSaxpy.cpp
+++ streamexecutor/examples/HostSaxpy.cpp
@@ -62,25 +62,25 @@
   if (Platform->getDeviceCount() == 0) {
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
-  se::Device *Device = getOrDie(Platform->getDevice(0));
+  se::Device Device = getOrDie(Platform->getDevice(0));
 
   // Load the kernel onto the device.
   cg::SaxpyKernel Kernel =
-      getOrDie(Device->createKernel<cg::SaxpyKernel>(cg::SaxpyLoaderSpec));
+      getOrDie(Device.createKernel<cg::SaxpyKernel>(cg::SaxpyLoaderSpec));
 
   se::RegisteredHostMemory<float> RegisteredX =
-      getOrDie(Device->registerHostMemory<float>(HostX));
+      getOrDie(Device.registerHostMemory<float>(HostX));
   se::RegisteredHostMemory<float> RegisteredY =
-      getOrDie(Device->registerHostMemory<float>(HostY));
+      getOrDie(Device.registerHostMemory<float>(HostY));
 
   // Allocate memory on the device.
   se::GlobalDeviceMemory<float> X =
-      getOrDie(Device->allocateDeviceMemory<float>(ArraySize));
+      getOrDie(Device.allocateDeviceMemory<float>(ArraySize));
   se::GlobalDeviceMemory<float> Y =
-      getOrDie(Device->allocateDeviceMemory<float>(ArraySize));
+      getOrDie(Device.allocateDeviceMemory<float>(ArraySize));
 
   // Run operations on a stream.
-  se::Stream Stream = getOrDie(Device->createStream());
+  se::Stream Stream = getOrDie(Device.createStream());
   Stream.thenCopyH2D(RegisteredX, X)
       .thenCopyH2D(RegisteredY, Y)
       .thenLaunch(1, 1, Kernel, A, X, Y, ArraySize)
Index: streamexecutor/include/streamexecutor/Platform.h
===================================================================
--- streamexecutor/include/streamexecutor/Platform.h
+++ streamexecutor/include/streamexecutor/Platform.h
@@ -31,10 +31,8 @@
   /// Gets the number of devices available for this platform.
   virtual size_t getDeviceCount() const = 0;
 
-  /// Gets a pointer to a Device with the given index for this platform.
-  ///
-  /// Ownership of the Device instance is NOT transferred to the caller.
-  virtual Expected<Device *> getDevice(size_t DeviceIndex) = 0;
+  /// Gets a Device with the given index for this platform.
+  virtual Expected<Device> getDevice(size_t DeviceIndex) = 0;
 };
 
 } // namespace streamexecutor
Index: streamexecutor/include/streamexecutor/platforms/host/HostPlatform.h
===================================================================
--- streamexecutor/include/streamexecutor/platforms/host/HostPlatform.h
+++ streamexecutor/include/streamexecutor/platforms/host/HostPlatform.h
@@ -30,24 +30,21 @@
 public:
   size_t getDeviceCount() const override { return 1; }
 
-  Expected<Device *> getDevice(size_t DeviceIndex) override {
+  Expected<Device> getDevice(size_t DeviceIndex) override {
     if (DeviceIndex != 0) {
       return make_error(
           "Requested device index " + llvm::Twine(DeviceIndex) +
           " from host platform which only supports device index 0");
     }
     llvm::sys::ScopedLock Lock(Mutex);
-    if (!TheDevice) {
+    if (!ThePlatformDevice)
       ThePlatformDevice = llvm::make_unique<HostPlatformDevice>();
-      TheDevice = llvm::make_unique<Device>(ThePlatformDevice.get());
-    }
-    return TheDevice.get();
+    return Device(ThePlatformDevice.get());
   }
 
 private:
   llvm::sys::Mutex Mutex;
   std::unique_ptr<HostPlatformDevice> ThePlatformDevice;
-  std::unique_ptr<Device> TheDevice;
 };
 
 } // namespace host