diff --git a/src/libcore/cell.rs b/src/libcore/cell.rs
index 9cf42eff219ba..d8d51f53377f7 100644
--- a/src/libcore/cell.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/cell.rs
@@ -1509,7 +1509,9 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> UnsafeCell<T> {
     #[inline]
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub const fn get(&self) -> *mut T {
-        &self.value as *const T as *mut T
+        // We can just cast the pointer from `UnsafeCell<T>` to `T` because of
+        // #[repr(transparent)]
+        self as *const UnsafeCell<T> as *const T as *mut T
     }
 }