diff --git a/src/header/stdlib/mod.rs b/src/header/stdlib/mod.rs
index 94d9b43736..50f3275ba1 100644
--- a/src/header/stdlib/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/stdlib/mod.rs
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn getenv(name: *const c_char) -> *mut c_char {
 
 #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn getprogname() -> *const c_char {
-    let full = crate::platform::program_invocation_name;
+    let full = unsafe { crate::platform::program_invocation_name };
     if full.is_null() {
         return c"".as_ptr() as *const c_char;
     }