diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/platform.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/platform.rs
index f80ed9d3ceb..40f18f2ca51 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/platform.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/platform.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ use mesa_rust_gen::*;
 use rusticl_opencl_gen::*;
 
 use std::env;
+use std::ptr::addr_of;
+use std::ptr::addr_of_mut;
 use std::sync::Once;
 
 #[repr(C)]
@@ -73,7 +75,8 @@ static mut PLATFORM_FEATURES: PlatformFeatures = PlatformFeatures {
 };
 
 fn load_env() {
-    let debug = unsafe { &mut PLATFORM_DBG };
+    // SAFETY: no other references exist at this point
+    let debug = unsafe { &mut *addr_of_mut!(PLATFORM_DBG) };
     if let Ok(debug_flags) = env::var("RUSTICL_DEBUG") {
         for flag in debug_flags.split(',') {
             match flag {
@@ -88,7 +91,8 @@ fn load_env() {
         }
     }
 
-    let features = unsafe { &mut PLATFORM_FEATURES };
+    // SAFETY: no other references exist at this point
+    let features = unsafe { &mut *addr_of_mut!(PLATFORM_FEATURES) };
     if let Ok(feature_flags) = env::var("RUSTICL_FEATURES") {
         for flag in feature_flags.split(',') {
             match flag {
@@ -109,17 +113,17 @@ impl Platform {
     pub fn get() -> &'static Self {
         debug_assert!(PLATFORM_ONCE.is_completed());
         // SAFETY: no mut references exist at this point
-        unsafe { &PLATFORM }
+        unsafe { &*addr_of!(PLATFORM) }
     }
 
     pub fn dbg() -> &'static PlatformDebug {
         debug_assert!(PLATFORM_ENV_ONCE.is_completed());
-        unsafe { &PLATFORM_DBG }
+        unsafe { &*addr_of!(PLATFORM_DBG) }
     }
 
     pub fn features() -> &'static PlatformFeatures {
         debug_assert!(PLATFORM_ENV_ONCE.is_completed());
-        unsafe { &PLATFORM_FEATURES }
+        unsafe { &*addr_of!(PLATFORM_FEATURES) }
     }
 
     fn init(&mut self) {
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/program.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/program.rs
index 8b9f1cf55d2..ffdd1a5056b 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/program.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/program.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::mem::size_of;
 use std::ptr;
+use std::ptr::addr_of;
 use std::slice;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ fn get_disk_cache() -> &'static Option<DiskCache> {
         DISK_CACHE_ONCE.call_once(|| {
             DISK_CACHE = DiskCache::new("rusticl", &func_ptrs, 0);
         });
-        &DISK_CACHE
+        &*addr_of!(DISK_CACHE)
     }
 }