diff --git a/src/runtime/CL/functions/CLPadLayer.cpp b/src/runtime/CL/functions/CLPadLayer.cpp
index fb6078cc..388b07b 100644
--- a/src/runtime/CL/functions/CLPadLayer.cpp
+++ b/src/runtime/CL/functions/CLPadLayer.cpp
@@ -22,14 +22,21 @@
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
 #include "arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLPadLayer.h"
+#include "src/core/CL/kernels/CLCopyKernel.h"
+#include "src/core/CL/kernels/CLPadLayerKernel.h"
+#include "support/MemorySupport.h"
 
 namespace arm_compute
 {
 CLPadLayer::CLPadLayer()
-    : _pad_kernel(), _copy_kernel(), _perform_pad(false)
+    : _pad_kernel(support::cpp14::make_unique<CLPadLayerKernel>()),
+      _copy_kernel(support::cpp14::make_unique<CLCopyKernel>()),
+      _perform_pad(false)
 {
 }
 
+CLPadLayer::~CLPadLayer() = default;
+
 void CLPadLayer::configure(ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const PaddingList &padding, PixelValue constant_value, PaddingMode mode)
 {
     configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, padding, constant_value, mode);
@@ -46,12 +53,12 @@
 
     if(_perform_pad)
     {
-        _pad_kernel.configure(compile_context, input, output, padding, constant_value, mode);
+        _pad_kernel->configure(compile_context, input, output, padding, constant_value, mode);
     }
     else
     {
         // Copy the input to the whole output if no padding is applied
-        _copy_kernel.configure(compile_context, input, output);
+        _copy_kernel->configure(compile_context, input, output);
     }
 }
 Status CLPadLayer::validate(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, const PaddingList &padding, PixelValue constant_value, PaddingMode mode)
@@ -75,11 +82,11 @@
 {
     if(_perform_pad)
     {
-        CLScheduler::get().enqueue(_pad_kernel);
+        CLScheduler::get().enqueue(*_pad_kernel);
     }
     else
     {
-        CLScheduler::get().enqueue(_copy_kernel);
+        CLScheduler::get().enqueue(*_copy_kernel);
     }
 }
 } // namespace arm_compute
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