diff --git a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/include/wasi_nn_types.h b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/include/wasi_nn_types.h
index d2e3f4cac..952fb65e2 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/include/wasi_nn_types.h
+++ b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/include/wasi_nn_types.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ typedef enum {
 // 4-byte f32 elements would have a data array of length 16). Naturally, this
 // representation requires some knowledge of how to lay out data in
 // memory--e.g., using row-major ordering--and could perhaps be improved.
-#if WASM_ENABLE_WASI_EPHEMERAL_NN != 0 && defined(__wasm__)
+#if !defined(__wasm__) || WASM_ENABLE_WASI_EPHEMERAL_NN != 0
 typedef struct {
     uint8_t *buf;
     uint32_t size;
diff --git a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/utils/wasi_nn_app_native.c b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/utils/wasi_nn_app_native.c
index 6e91c949b..4d56fed93 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/utils/wasi_nn_app_native.c
+++ b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/utils/wasi_nn_app_native.c
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ graph_builder_array_app_native(wasm_module_inst_t instance,
 
 static wasi_nn_error
 tensor_data_app_native(wasm_module_inst_t instance, uint32_t total_elements,
-                       tensor_wasm *input_tensor_wasm, tensor_data *data)
+                       tensor_wasm *input_tensor_wasm, void **data,
+                       uint32_t *size)
 {
 #if WASM_ENABLE_WASI_EPHEMERAL_NN != 0
 #define data_size input_tensor_wasm->data_size
@@ -113,8 +114,9 @@ tensor_data_app_native(wasm_module_inst_t instance, uint32_t total_elements,
         NN_ERR_PRINTF("input_tensor_wasm->data_offset is invalid");
         return invalid_argument;
     }
-    *data = (tensor_data)wasm_runtime_addr_app_to_native(
+    *data = wasm_runtime_addr_app_to_native(
         instance, (uint64)input_tensor_wasm->data_offset);
+    *size = data_size;
     return success;
 #undef data_size
 }
@@ -188,16 +190,19 @@ tensor_app_native(wasm_module_inst_t instance, tensor_wasm *input_tensor_wasm,
     NN_DBG_PRINTF("Tensor type: %d", input_tensor_wasm->type);
     NN_DBG_PRINTF("Total number of elements: %d", total_elements);
 
-    tensor_data data = NULL;
+    void *data = NULL;
+    uint32_t datasize;
     if (success
-        != (res = tensor_data_app_native(instance, total_elements,
-                                         input_tensor_wasm, &data))) {
+        != (res =
+                tensor_data_app_native(instance, total_elements,
+                                       input_tensor_wasm, &data, &datasize))) {
         wasm_runtime_free(dimensions);
         return res;
     }
 
     input_tensor->type = input_tensor_wasm->type;
     input_tensor->dimensions = dimensions;
-    input_tensor->data = data;
+    input_tensor->data.buf = data;
+    input_tensor->data.size = datasize;
     return success;
 }
diff --git a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn.c b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn.c
index 25d70e6a9..5c865c5be 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn.c
+++ b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn.c
@@ -720,12 +720,12 @@ fail:
 #if WASM_ENABLE_WASI_EPHEMERAL_NN != 0
 wasi_nn_error
 wasi_nn_get_output(wasm_exec_env_t exec_env, graph_execution_context ctx,
-                   uint32_t index, tensor_data output_tensor,
+                   uint32_t index, void *output_tensor,
                    uint32_t output_tensor_len, uint32_t *output_tensor_size)
 #else  /* WASM_ENABLE_WASI_EPHEMERAL_NN == 0 */
 wasi_nn_error
 wasi_nn_get_output(wasm_exec_env_t exec_env, graph_execution_context ctx,
-                   uint32_t index, tensor_data output_tensor,
+                   uint32_t index, void *output_tensor,
                    uint32_t *output_tensor_size)
 #endif /* WASM_ENABLE_WASI_EPHEMERAL_NN != 0 */
 {
@@ -753,16 +753,17 @@ wasi_nn_get_output(wasm_exec_env_t exec_env, graph_execution_context ctx,
         goto fail;
     }
 
+    tensor_data tensor = {
+        .buf = output_tensor,
 #if WASM_ENABLE_WASI_EPHEMERAL_NN != 0
+        .size = output_tensor_len,
+#else
+        .size = *output_tensor_size,
+#endif
+    };
     call_wasi_nn_func(wasi_nn_ctx->backend, get_output, res,
-                      wasi_nn_ctx->backend_ctx, ctx, index, output_tensor,
-                      &output_tensor_len);
-    *output_tensor_size = output_tensor_len;
-#else  /* WASM_ENABLE_WASI_EPHEMERAL_NN == 0 */
-    call_wasi_nn_func(wasi_nn_ctx->backend, get_output, res,
-                      wasi_nn_ctx->backend_ctx, ctx, index, output_tensor,
+                      wasi_nn_ctx->backend_ctx, ctx, index, &tensor,
                       output_tensor_size);
-#endif /* WASM_ENABLE_WASI_EPHEMERAL_NN != 0 */
 fail:
     unlock_ctx(wasi_nn_ctx);
     return res;
diff --git a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_llamacpp.c b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_llamacpp.c
index ff31e3adb..65ec83f8d 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_llamacpp.c
+++ b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_llamacpp.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ set_input(void *ctx, graph_execution_context exec_ctx, uint32_t index,
 {
     struct LlamaContext *backend_ctx = (struct LlamaContext *)ctx;
     // tensor->data is the prompt string. ends with \0
-    char *prompt_text = (char *)wasi_nn_tensor->data;
+    char *prompt_text = (char *)wasi_nn_tensor->data.buf;
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
     NN_DBG_PRINTF("--------------------------------------------------");
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ fail:
 
 __attribute__((visibility("default"))) wasi_nn_error
 get_output(void *ctx, graph_execution_context exec_ctx, uint32_t index,
-           tensor_data output_tensor, uint32_t *output_tensor_size)
+           tensor_data *output_tensor, uint32_t *output_tensor_size)
 {
     struct LlamaContext *backend_ctx = (struct LlamaContext *)ctx;
 
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ get_output(void *ctx, graph_execution_context exec_ctx, uint32_t index,
             printf("%s\n", output_metadata);
         }
 
-        memcpy(output_tensor, output_metadata, strlen(output_metadata));
+        memcpy(output_tensor->buf, output_metadata, strlen(output_metadata));
         *output_tensor_size = strlen(output_metadata);
         return success;
     }
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ get_output(void *ctx, graph_execution_context exec_ctx, uint32_t index,
             printf("%s", buf);
         }
 
-        memcpy(output_tensor + end_pos, buf, strlen(buf));
+        memcpy(output_tensor->buf + end_pos, buf, strlen(buf));
         end_pos += strlen(buf);
     }
 
diff --git a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_openvino.c b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_openvino.c
index 3c3b0ae6c..8c62ad689 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_openvino.c
+++ b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_openvino.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ set_input(void *ctx, graph_execution_context exec_ctx, uint32_t index,
                       shape_info);
 
         CHECK_OV_STATUS(ov_tensor_create_from_host_ptr(input_type, input_shape,
-                                                       wasi_nn_tensor->data,
+                                                       wasi_nn_tensor->data.buf,
                                                        &input_tensor),
                         ret);
     }
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ fail:
 
 __attribute__((visibility("default"))) wasi_nn_error
 get_output(void *ctx, graph_execution_context exec_ctx, uint32_t index,
-           tensor_data output_tensor, uint32_t *output_tensor_size)
+           tensor_data *output_tensor, uint32_t *output_tensor_size)
 {
     OpenVINOContext *ov_ctx = (OpenVINOContext *)ctx;
     struct OpenVINOExecutionContext *exec;
@@ -460,14 +460,14 @@ get_output(void *ctx, graph_execution_context exec_ctx, uint32_t index,
 
     CHECK_OV_STATUS(ov_tensor_get_byte_size(ov_tensor, &byte_size), ret);
 
-    if (byte_size > *output_tensor_size) {
+    if (byte_size > output_tensor->size) {
         ret = too_large;
         goto fail;
     }
 
     CHECK_OV_STATUS(ov_tensor_data(ov_tensor, &data), ret);
 
-    memcpy(output_tensor, data, byte_size);
+    memcpy(output_tensor->buf, data, byte_size);
 
     *output_tensor_size = (uint32_t)byte_size;
 
diff --git a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_openvino.h b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_openvino.h
index ea03a226f..0233568c0 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_openvino.h
+++ b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_openvino.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ compute(void *ctx, graph_execution_context exec_ctx);
 
 __attribute__((visibility("default"))) wasi_nn_error
 get_output(void *ctx, graph_execution_context exec_ctx, uint32_t index,
-           tensor_data output_tensor, uint32_t *output_tensor_size);
+           tensor_data *output_tensor, uint32_t *output_tensor_size);
 
 __attribute__((visibility("default"))) wasi_nn_error
 init_backend(void **ctx);
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ init_backend(void **ctx);
 __attribute__((visibility("default"))) wasi_nn_error
 deinit_backend(void *ctx);
 
-#endif /* WASI_NN_OPENVINO_HPP */
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif /* WASI_NN_OPENVINO_HPP */
diff --git a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_private.h b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_private.h
index a20ad1718..466f2cef4 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_private.h
+++ b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_private.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ typedef wasi_nn_error (*SET_INPUT)(void *, graph_execution_context, uint32_t,
                                    tensor *);
 typedef wasi_nn_error (*COMPUTE)(void *, graph_execution_context);
 typedef wasi_nn_error (*GET_OUTPUT)(void *, graph_execution_context, uint32_t,
-                                    tensor_data, uint32_t *);
+                                    tensor_data *, uint32_t *);
 /* wasi-nn general APIs */
 typedef wasi_nn_error (*BACKEND_INITIALIZE)(void **);
 typedef wasi_nn_error (*BACKEND_DEINITIALIZE)(void *);
diff --git a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_tensorflowlite.cpp b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_tensorflowlite.cpp
index c9064a5ec..0ca323b70 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_tensorflowlite.cpp
+++ b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_tensorflowlite.cpp
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ set_input(void *tflite_ctx, graph_execution_context ctx, uint32_t index,
                 index);
 
         int size = model_tensor_size * sizeof(float);
-        bh_memcpy_s(it, size, input_tensor->data, size);
+        bh_memcpy_s(it, size, input_tensor->data.buf, size);
     }
     else { // TODO: Assuming uint8 quantized networks.
         TfLiteAffineQuantization *quant_info =
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ set_input(void *tflite_ctx, graph_execution_context ctx, uint32_t index,
         NN_DBG_PRINTF("input tensor: (scale, offset) = (%f, %f)", scale,
                       zero_point);
 
-        float *input_tensor_f = (float *)input_tensor->data;
+        float *input_tensor_f = (float *)input_tensor->data.buf;
         for (uint32_t i = 0; i < model_tensor_size; ++i) {
             it[i] = (uint8_t)(input_tensor_f[i] / scale + zero_point);
         }
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ compute(void *tflite_ctx, graph_execution_context ctx)
 
 __attribute__((visibility("default"))) wasi_nn_error
 get_output(void *tflite_ctx, graph_execution_context ctx, uint32_t index,
-           tensor_data output_tensor, uint32_t *output_tensor_size)
+           tensor_data *output_tensor, uint32_t *output_tensor_size)
 {
     TFLiteContext *tfl_ctx = (TFLiteContext *)tflite_ctx;
 
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ get_output(void *tflite_ctx, graph_execution_context ctx, uint32_t index,
     if (tensor->quantization.type == kTfLiteNoQuantization) {
         NN_DBG_PRINTF("No quantization information");
 #if WASM_ENABLE_WASI_EPHEMERAL_NN != 0
-        if (*output_tensor_size < tensor->bytes) {
+        if (output_tensor->size < tensor->bytes) {
             NN_ERR_PRINTF("Insufficient memory to copy tensor %d", index);
             return too_large;
         }
@@ -401,12 +401,12 @@ get_output(void *tflite_ctx, graph_execution_context ctx, uint32_t index,
          * for now, maintain the bug-to-bug compatibility with the old abi,
          * where the size here is the number of fp32, not bytes.
          */
-        if (*output_tensor_size < tensor->bytes / sizeof(float)) {
+        if (output_tensor->size < tensor->bytes / sizeof(float)) {
             NN_ERR_PRINTF("Insufficient memory to copy tensor %d", index);
             return too_large;
         }
 #endif
-        bh_memcpy_s(output_tensor, *output_tensor_size, tensor->data.data,
+        bh_memcpy_s(output_tensor->buf, output_tensor->size, tensor->data.data,
                     tensor->bytes);
 #if WASM_ENABLE_WASI_EPHEMERAL_NN != 0
         *output_tensor_size = tensor->bytes;
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ get_output(void *tflite_ctx, graph_execution_context ctx, uint32_t index,
             model_tensor_size *= (uint32_t)tensor->dims->data[i];
 
 #if WASM_ENABLE_WASI_EPHEMERAL_NN != 0
-        if (*output_tensor_size / sizeof(float) < model_tensor_size) {
+        if (output_tensor->size / sizeof(float) < model_tensor_size) {
             NN_ERR_PRINTF("Insufficient memory to copy tensor %d", index);
             return too_large;
         }
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ get_output(void *tflite_ctx, graph_execution_context ctx, uint32_t index,
          * for now, maintain the bug-to-bug compatibility with the old abi,
          * where the size here is the number of fp32, not bytes.
          */
-        if (*output_tensor_size < model_tensor_size) {
+        if (output_tensor->size < model_tensor_size) {
             NN_ERR_PRINTF("Insufficient memory to copy tensor %d", index);
             return too_large;
         }
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ get_output(void *tflite_ctx, graph_execution_context ctx, uint32_t index,
         NN_DBG_PRINTF("output tensor: (scale, offset) = (%f, %f)", scale,
                       zero_point);
 
-        float *output_tensor_f = (float *)output_tensor;
+        float *output_tensor_f = (float *)output_tensor->buf;
         for (uint32_t i = 0; i < model_tensor_size; ++i) {
             output_tensor_f[i] = (ot[i] - zero_point) * scale;
         }
diff --git a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_tensorflowlite.hpp b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_tensorflowlite.hpp
index d6e04ab0e..4ded6e407 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_tensorflowlite.hpp
+++ b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/src/wasi_nn_tensorflowlite.hpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ compute(void *tflite_ctx, graph_execution_context ctx);
 
 __attribute__((visibility("default"))) wasi_nn_error
 get_output(void *tflite_ctx, graph_execution_context ctx, uint32_t index,
-           tensor_data output_tensor, uint32_t *output_tensor_size);
+           tensor_data *output_tensor, uint32_t *output_tensor_size);
 
 __attribute__((visibility("default"))) wasi_nn_error
 init_backend(void **tflite_ctx);