diff --git a/src/libcore/ptr.rs b/src/libcore/ptr.rs
index 0213b310efaa..606dd765ce1d 100644
--- a/src/libcore/ptr.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/ptr.rs
@@ -2534,7 +2534,7 @@ pub fn eq<T: ?Sized>(a: *const T, b: *const T) -> bool {
 /// assert_eq!(actual, expected);
 /// ```
 #[unstable(feature = "ptr_hash", reason = "newly added", issue = "56286")]
-pub fn hash<T, S: hash::Hasher>(hashee: &T, into: &mut S) {
+pub fn hash<T, S: hash::Hasher>(hashee: *const T, into: &mut S) {
     use hash::Hash;
     NonNull::from(hashee).hash(into)
 }