diff --git a/src/operator.rs b/src/operator.rs
index e1ccdf91995e..abc1c98a1ded 100644
--- a/src/operator.rs
+++ b/src/operator.rs
@@ -161,12 +161,14 @@ impl<'a, 'mir, 'tcx> EvalContextExt<'tcx> for super::MiriEvalContext<'a, 'mir, '
                 if bits == 0 {
                     // Test if the ptr is in-bounds. Then it cannot be NULL.
                     // Even dangling pointers cannot be NULL.
-                    if self.memory().check_bounds_ptr_maybe_dead(ptr).is_ok() {
+                    if self.memory().check_bounds_ptr(ptr, InboundsCheck::MaybeDead).is_ok() {
                         return Ok(false);
                     }
                 }
 
-                let (alloc_size, alloc_align) = self.memory().get_size_and_align(ptr.alloc_id);
+                let (alloc_size, alloc_align) = self.memory()
+                    .get_size_and_align(ptr.alloc_id, InboundsCheck::MaybeDead)
+                    .expect("determining size+align of dead ptr cannot fail");
 
                 // Case II: Alignment gives it away
                 if ptr.offset.bytes() % alloc_align.bytes() == 0 {
diff --git a/tests/run-pass/async-fn.rs b/tests/run-pass/async-fn.rs
index 7c32b026df67..9094a9fd3a68 100644
--- a/tests/run-pass/async-fn.rs
+++ b/tests/run-pass/async-fn.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
     async_await,
     await_macro,
     futures_api,
-    pin,
 )]
 
 use std::{future::Future, pin::Pin, task::Poll};