diff --git a/lib/mkl/linalg.jl b/lib/mkl/linalg.jl
index 66db0123..a44b79c7 100644
--- a/lib/mkl/linalg.jl
+++ b/lib/mkl/linalg.jl
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ function LinearAlgebra.generic_matmatmul!(C::oneStridedMatrix, tA, tB, A::oneStr
     end
 
     if all(in(('N', 'T', 'C')), (tA, tB))
-        if T <: onemklFloat && eltype(A) == eltype(B) == T
+        if T <: Union{onemklFloat, onemklComplex, onemklHalf} && eltype(A) == eltype(B) == T
             return gemm!(tA, tB, alpha, A, B, beta, C)
         end
     end
diff --git a/lib/mkl/oneMKL.jl b/lib/mkl/oneMKL.jl
index 730694bd..58734a7e 100644
--- a/lib/mkl/oneMKL.jl
+++ b/lib/mkl/oneMKL.jl
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ using LinearAlgebra.LAPACK: chkargsok, chklapackerror, chktrans, chkside, chkdia
 
 using SparseArrays
 
-# Exclude Float16 for now, since many oneMKL functions - copy, scal, do not take Float16
+# Exclude Float16 for now, since many oneMKL functions do not take Float16
 const onemklFloat = Union{Float64,Float32,ComplexF64,ComplexF32}
 const onemklComplex = Union{ComplexF32,ComplexF64}
-const onemklHalf = Union{Float16,ComplexF16}
+const onemklHalf = Float16
 
 include("array.jl")
 include("utils.jl")
diff --git a/lib/mkl/wrappers_blas.jl b/lib/mkl/wrappers_blas.jl
index f72ea81c..23fa4fa5 100644
--- a/lib/mkl/wrappers_blas.jl
+++ b/lib/mkl/wrappers_blas.jl
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ for (fname, elty, cty, sty, supty) in ((:onemklSrot,:Float32,:Float32,:Float32,:
     end
 end
 
-function axpy!(n::Integer, 
+function axpy!(n::Integer,
             alpha::Number,
             x::oneStridedArray{ComplexF16},
             y::oneStridedArray{ComplexF16})
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ function dgmm(mode::Char, A::oneStridedMatrix{T}, X::oneStridedVector{T}) where
     dgmm!( mode, A, X, similar(A, (m,n) ) )
 end
 
-for (fname, elty) in 
+for (fname, elty) in
         ((:onemklSgemmBatchStrided, Float32),
          (:onemklDgemmBatchStrided, Float64),
          (:onemklCgemmBatchStrided, ComplexF32),