diff --git a/library/stdarch/crates/core_arch/src/x86/abm.rs b/library/stdarch/crates/core_arch/src/x86/abm.rs
index 5519c83e1291..8c2eccd7b36c 100644
--- a/library/stdarch/crates/core_arch/src/x86/abm.rs
+++ b/library/stdarch/crates/core_arch/src/x86/abm.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pub unsafe fn _lzcnt_u32(x: u32) -> u32 {
 #[target_feature(enable = "popcnt")]
 #[cfg_attr(test, assert_instr(popcnt))]
 #[stable(feature = "simd_x86", since = "1.27.0")]
-pub unsafe fn _popcnt32(x: i32) -> i32 {
+pub fn _popcnt32(x: i32) -> i32 {
     x.count_ones() as i32
 }
 
diff --git a/library/stdarch/crates/core_arch/src/x86_64/abm.rs b/library/stdarch/crates/core_arch/src/x86_64/abm.rs
index 764e903ed95d..dd41e7e32069 100644
--- a/library/stdarch/crates/core_arch/src/x86_64/abm.rs
+++ b/library/stdarch/crates/core_arch/src/x86_64/abm.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pub unsafe fn _lzcnt_u64(x: u64) -> u64 {
 #[target_feature(enable = "popcnt")]
 #[cfg_attr(test, assert_instr(popcnt))]
 #[stable(feature = "simd_x86", since = "1.27.0")]
-pub unsafe fn _popcnt64(x: i64) -> i32 {
+pub fn _popcnt64(x: i64) -> i32 {
     x.count_ones() as i32
 }