diff --git a/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_openvino.c b/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_openvino.c
index 1a5ed6383a..9c699cdc8c 100644
--- a/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_openvino.c
+++ b/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_openvino.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ static void dnn_free_model_ov(DNNModel **model)
     if (!model || !*model)
         return;
 
-    ov_model = (*model)->model;
+    ov_model = (OVModel *)(*model);
     while (ff_safe_queue_size(ov_model->request_queue) != 0) {
         OVRequestItem *item = ff_safe_queue_pop_front(ov_model->request_queue);
         if (item && item->infer_request) {
@@ -1059,9 +1059,9 @@ err:
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int get_input_ov(void *model, DNNData *input, const char *input_name)
+static int get_input_ov(DNNModel *model, DNNData *input, const char *input_name)
 {
-    OVModel *ov_model = model;
+    OVModel *ov_model = (OVModel *)model;
     DnnContext *ctx = ov_model->ctx;
     int input_resizable = ctx->ov_option.input_resizable;
 
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ static int extract_lltask_from_task(DNNFunctionType func_type, TaskItem *task, Q
     }
 }
 
-static int get_output_ov(void *model, const char *input_name, int input_width, int input_height,
+static int get_output_ov(DNNModel *model, const char *input_name, int input_width, int input_height,
                                    const char *output_name, int *output_width, int *output_height)
 {
 #if HAVE_OPENVINO2
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ static int get_output_ov(void *model, const char *input_name, int input_width, i
     input_shapes_t input_shapes;
 #endif
     int ret;
-    OVModel *ov_model = model;
+    OVModel *ov_model = (OVModel *)model;
     DnnContext *ctx = ov_model->ctx;
     TaskItem task;
     OVRequestItem *request;
@@ -1383,7 +1383,6 @@ static DNNModel *dnn_load_model_ov(DnnContext *ctx, DNNFunctionType func_type, A
         return NULL;
     ov_model->ctx = ctx;
     model = &ov_model->model;
-    model->model = ov_model;
 
 #if HAVE_OPENVINO2
     status = ov_core_create(&core);
@@ -1470,7 +1469,7 @@ err:
 
 static int dnn_execute_model_ov(const DNNModel *model, DNNExecBaseParams *exec_params)
 {
-    OVModel *ov_model = model->model;
+    OVModel *ov_model = (OVModel *)model;
     DnnContext *ctx = ov_model->ctx;
     OVRequestItem *request;
     TaskItem *task;
@@ -1558,13 +1557,13 @@ static int dnn_execute_model_ov(const DNNModel *model, DNNExecBaseParams *exec_p
 
 static DNNAsyncStatusType dnn_get_result_ov(const DNNModel *model, AVFrame **in, AVFrame **out)
 {
-    OVModel *ov_model = model->model;
+    OVModel *ov_model = (OVModel *)model;
     return ff_dnn_get_result_common(ov_model->task_queue, in, out);
 }
 
 static int dnn_flush_ov(const DNNModel *model)
 {
-    OVModel *ov_model = model->model;
+    OVModel *ov_model = (OVModel *)model;
     DnnContext *ctx = ov_model->ctx;
     OVRequestItem *request;
 #if HAVE_OPENVINO2
diff --git a/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_tf.c b/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_tf.c
index 583ebd7c13..6afefe8115 100644
--- a/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_tf.c
+++ b/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_tf.c
@@ -262,9 +262,9 @@ static TF_Tensor *allocate_input_tensor(const DNNData *input)
                              input_dims[1] * input_dims[2] * input_dims[3] * size);
 }
 
-static int get_input_tf(void *model, DNNData *input, const char *input_name)
+static int get_input_tf(DNNModel *model, DNNData *input, const char *input_name)
 {
-    TFModel *tf_model = model;
+    TFModel *tf_model = (TFModel *)model;
     DnnContext *ctx = tf_model->ctx;
     TF_Status *status;
     TF_DataType dt;
@@ -310,11 +310,11 @@ static int get_input_tf(void *model, DNNData *input, const char *input_name)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int get_output_tf(void *model, const char *input_name, int input_width, int input_height,
+static int get_output_tf(DNNModel *model, const char *input_name, int input_width, int input_height,
                                    const char *output_name, int *output_width, int *output_height)
 {
     int ret;
-    TFModel *tf_model = model;
+    TFModel *tf_model = (TFModel *)model;
     DnnContext *ctx = tf_model->ctx;
     TaskItem task;
     TFRequestItem *request;
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ static void dnn_free_model_tf(DNNModel **model)
     if (!model || !*model)
         return;
 
-    tf_model = (*model)->model;
+    tf_model = (TFModel *)(*model);
     while (ff_safe_queue_size(tf_model->request_queue) != 0) {
         TFRequestItem *item = ff_safe_queue_pop_front(tf_model->request_queue);
         destroy_request_item(&item);
@@ -530,7 +530,6 @@ static DNNModel *dnn_load_model_tf(DnnContext *ctx, DNNFunctionType func_type, A
     if (!tf_model)
         return NULL;
     model = &tf_model->model;
-    model->model = tf_model;
     tf_model->ctx = ctx;
 
     if (load_tf_model(tf_model, ctx->model_filename) != 0){
@@ -611,7 +610,7 @@ static int fill_model_input_tf(TFModel *tf_model, TFRequestItem *request) {
     task = lltask->task;
     request->lltask = lltask;
 
-    ret = get_input_tf(tf_model, &input, task->input_name);
+    ret = get_input_tf(&tf_model->model, &input, task->input_name);
     if (ret != 0) {
         goto err;
     }
@@ -803,7 +802,7 @@ err:
 
 static int dnn_execute_model_tf(const DNNModel *model, DNNExecBaseParams *exec_params)
 {
-    TFModel *tf_model = model->model;
+    TFModel *tf_model = (TFModel *)model;
     DnnContext *ctx = tf_model->ctx;
     TaskItem *task;
     TFRequestItem *request;
@@ -851,13 +850,13 @@ static int dnn_execute_model_tf(const DNNModel *model, DNNExecBaseParams *exec_p
 
 static DNNAsyncStatusType dnn_get_result_tf(const DNNModel *model, AVFrame **in, AVFrame **out)
 {
-    TFModel *tf_model = model->model;
+    TFModel *tf_model = (TFModel *)model;
     return ff_dnn_get_result_common(tf_model->task_queue, in, out);
 }
 
 static int dnn_flush_tf(const DNNModel *model)
 {
-    TFModel *tf_model = model->model;
+    TFModel *tf_model = (TFModel *)model;
     DnnContext *ctx = tf_model->ctx;
     TFRequestItem *request;
     int ret;
diff --git a/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_torch.cpp b/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_torch.cpp
index 0aa0b95269..2557264713 100644
--- a/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_torch.cpp
+++ b/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_torch.cpp
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static void dnn_free_model_th(DNNModel **model)
     if (!model || !*model)
         return;
 
-    th_model = (THModel *) (*model)->model;
+    th_model = (THModel *) (*model);
     while (ff_safe_queue_size(th_model->request_queue) != 0) {
         THRequestItem *item = (THRequestItem *)ff_safe_queue_pop_front(th_model->request_queue);
         destroy_request_item(&item);
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static void dnn_free_model_th(DNNModel **model)
     *model = NULL;
 }
 
-static int get_input_th(void *model, DNNData *input, const char *input_name)
+static int get_input_th(DNNModel *model, DNNData *input, const char *input_name)
 {
     input->dt = DNN_FLOAT;
     input->order = DCO_RGB;
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static int fill_model_input_th(THModel *th_model, THRequestItem *request)
     task = lltask->task;
     infer_request = request->infer_request;
 
-    ret = get_input_th(th_model, &input, NULL);
+    ret = get_input_th(&th_model->model, &input, NULL);
     if ( ret != 0) {
         goto err;
     }
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ err:
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int get_output_th(void *model, const char *input_name, int input_width, int input_height,
+static int get_output_th(DNNModel *model, const char *input_name, int input_width, int input_height,
                                    const char *output_name, int *output_width, int *output_height)
 {
     int ret = 0;
@@ -421,7 +421,6 @@ static DNNModel *dnn_load_model_th(DnnContext *ctx, DNNFunctionType func_type, A
     if (!th_model)
         return NULL;
     model = &th_model->model;
-    model->model = th_model;
     th_model->ctx = ctx;
 
     c10::Device device = c10::Device(device_name);
@@ -489,7 +488,7 @@ fail:
 
 static int dnn_execute_model_th(const DNNModel *model, DNNExecBaseParams *exec_params)
 {
-    THModel *th_model = (THModel *)model->model;
+    THModel *th_model = (THModel *)model;
     DnnContext *ctx = th_model->ctx;
     TaskItem *task;
     THRequestItem *request;
@@ -538,13 +537,13 @@ static int dnn_execute_model_th(const DNNModel *model, DNNExecBaseParams *exec_p
 
 static DNNAsyncStatusType dnn_get_result_th(const DNNModel *model, AVFrame **in, AVFrame **out)
 {
-    THModel *th_model = (THModel *)model->model;
+    THModel *th_model = (THModel *)model;
     return ff_dnn_get_result_common(th_model->task_queue, in, out);
 }
 
 static int dnn_flush_th(const DNNModel *model)
 {
-    THModel *th_model = (THModel *)model->model;
+    THModel *th_model = (THModel *)model;
     THRequestItem *request;
 
     if (ff_queue_size(th_model->lltask_queue) == 0)
diff --git a/libavfilter/dnn_filter_common.c b/libavfilter/dnn_filter_common.c
index 860ca7591f..6b9c6f8d7f 100644
--- a/libavfilter/dnn_filter_common.c
+++ b/libavfilter/dnn_filter_common.c
@@ -157,15 +157,15 @@ int ff_dnn_set_classify_post_proc(DnnContext *ctx, ClassifyPostProc post_proc)
 
 int ff_dnn_get_input(DnnContext *ctx, DNNData *input)
 {
-    return ctx->model->get_input(ctx->model->model, input, ctx->model_inputname);
+    return ctx->model->get_input(ctx->model, input, ctx->model_inputname);
 }
 
 int ff_dnn_get_output(DnnContext *ctx, int input_width, int input_height, int *output_width, int *output_height)
 {
     char * output_name = ctx->model_outputnames && ctx->backend_type != DNN_TH ?
                          ctx->model_outputnames[0] : NULL;
-    return ctx->model->get_output(ctx->model->model, ctx->model_inputname, input_width, input_height,
-                                    (const char *)output_name, output_width, output_height);
+    return ctx->model->get_output(ctx->model, ctx->model_inputname, input_width, input_height,
+                                  (const char *)output_name, output_width, output_height);
 }
 
 int ff_dnn_execute_model(DnnContext *ctx, AVFrame *in_frame, AVFrame *out_frame)
diff --git a/libavfilter/dnn_interface.h b/libavfilter/dnn_interface.h
index 697b9f3318..66086409be 100644
--- a/libavfilter/dnn_interface.h
+++ b/libavfilter/dnn_interface.h
@@ -95,17 +95,15 @@ typedef int (*DetectPostProc)(AVFrame *frame, DNNData *output, uint32_t nb, AVFi
 typedef int (*ClassifyPostProc)(AVFrame *frame, DNNData *output, uint32_t bbox_index, AVFilterContext *filter_ctx);
 
 typedef struct DNNModel{
-    // Stores model that can be different for different backends.
-    void *model;
     // Stores FilterContext used for the interaction between AVFrame and DNNData
     AVFilterContext *filter_ctx;
     // Stores function type of the model
     DNNFunctionType func_type;
     // Gets model input information
     // Just reuse struct DNNData here, actually the DNNData.data field is not needed.
-    int (*get_input)(void *model, DNNData *input, const char *input_name);
+    int (*get_input)(struct DNNModel *model, DNNData *input, const char *input_name);
     // Gets model output width/height with given input w/h
-    int (*get_output)(void *model, const char *input_name, int input_width, int input_height,
+    int (*get_output)(struct DNNModel *model, const char *input_name, int input_width, int input_height,
                                 const char *output_name, int *output_width, int *output_height);
     // set the pre process to transfer data from AVFrame to DNNData
     // the default implementation within DNN is used if it is not provided by the filter