diff --git a/src/circuit/gadget/ecc.rs b/src/circuit/gadget/ecc.rs
index a84dbf9e..55293a9b 100644
--- a/src/circuit/gadget/ecc.rs
+++ b/src/circuit/gadget/ecc.rs
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ use halo2::{
     plonk::Error,
 };
 
-use crate::circuit::gadget::utilities::CellValue;
+use crate::circuit::gadget::utilities::UtilitiesInstructions;
 
 pub mod chip;
 
 /// The set of circuit instructions required to use the ECC gadgets.
-pub trait EccInstructions<C: CurveAffine>: Chip<C::Base> {
+pub trait EccInstructions<C: CurveAffine>: Chip<C::Base> + UtilitiesInstructions<C::Base> {
     /// Variable representing an element of the elliptic curve's base field, that
     /// is used as a scalar in variable-base scalar mul.
     ///
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ pub trait EccInstructions<C: CurveAffine>: Chip<C::Base> {
     fn mul_fixed_base_field_elem(
         &self,
         layouter: &mut impl Layouter<C::Base>,
-        base_field_elem: CellValue<C::Base>,
+        base_field_elem: Self::Var,
         base: &Self::FixedPoints,
     ) -> Result<Self::Point, Error>;
 }
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ where
     pub fn mul_base_field_elem(
         &self,
         mut layouter: impl Layouter<C::Base>,
-        by: CellValue<C::Base>,
+        by: EccChip::Var,
     ) -> Result<Point<C, EccChip>, Error> {
         self.chip
             .mul_fixed_base_field_elem(&mut layouter, by, &self.inner)
diff --git a/src/circuit/gadget/ecc/chip.rs b/src/circuit/gadget/ecc/chip.rs
index 7ce4453b..5dde03d6 100644
--- a/src/circuit/gadget/ecc/chip.rs
+++ b/src/circuit/gadget/ecc/chip.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use super::EccInstructions;
 use crate::{
     circuit::gadget::utilities::{
         copy, decompose_running_sum::RunningSumConfig, lookup_range_check::LookupRangeCheckConfig,
-        CellValue, Var,
+        CellValue, UtilitiesInstructions, Var,
     },
     constants::{self, OrchardFixedBasesFull, ValueCommitV},
     primitives::sinsemilla,
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ impl Chip<pallas::Base> for EccChip {
     }
 }
 
+impl UtilitiesInstructions<pallas::Base> for EccChip {
+    type Var = CellValue<pallas::Base>;
+}
+
 impl EccChip {
     pub fn construct(config: <Self as Chip<pallas::Base>>::Config) -> Self {
         Self { config }
diff --git a/src/circuit/gadget/ecc/chip/mul_fixed/base_field_elem.rs b/src/circuit/gadget/ecc/chip/mul_fixed/base_field_elem.rs
index 1e366ee5..55846070 100644
--- a/src/circuit/gadget/ecc/chip/mul_fixed/base_field_elem.rs
+++ b/src/circuit/gadget/ecc/chip/mul_fixed/base_field_elem.rs
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ pub mod tests {
             chip::{EccChip, OrchardFixedBasesFull},
             FixedPoint, Point,
         },
-        utilities::{CellValue, UtilitiesInstructions},
+        utilities::UtilitiesInstructions,
     };
     use crate::constants;
 
@@ -434,10 +434,6 @@ pub mod tests {
         chip: EccChip,
         mut layouter: impl Layouter<pallas::Base>,
     ) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        impl UtilitiesInstructions<pallas::Base> for EccChip {
-            type Var = CellValue<pallas::Base>;
-        }
-
         // commit_ivk_r
         let commit_ivk_r = OrchardFixedBasesFull::CommitIvkR;
         test_single_base(