diff --git a/libafl_bolts/src/lib.rs b/libafl_bolts/src/lib.rs
index b0a9d5cca5..5322d392e1 100644
--- a/libafl_bolts/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libafl_bolts/src/lib.rs
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use core::hash::BuildHasher;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "xxh3", feature = "alloc"))]
 use core::hash::Hasher;
+#[cfg(all(unix, feature = "std"))]
+use core::ptr;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 #[cfg(all(unix, feature = "std"))]
@@ -940,7 +942,7 @@ impl SimpleFdLogger {
         // We also access a shared variable here.
         unsafe {
             LIBAFL_RAWFD_LOGGER.set_fd(log_fd);
-            log::set_logger(&LIBAFL_RAWFD_LOGGER)?;
+            log::set_logger(&*ptr::addr_of!(LIBAFL_RAWFD_LOGGER))?;
         }
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -1150,6 +1152,9 @@ pub mod pybind {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
 
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "std", unix))]
+    use core::ptr;
+
     #[cfg(all(feature = "std", unix))]
     use crate::LIBAFL_RAWFD_LOGGER;
 
@@ -1160,7 +1165,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         unsafe { LIBAFL_RAWFD_LOGGER.fd = stdout().as_raw_fd() };
         unsafe {
-            log::set_logger(&LIBAFL_RAWFD_LOGGER).unwrap();
+            log::set_logger(&*ptr::addr_of!(LIBAFL_RAWFD_LOGGER)).unwrap();
         }
         log::set_max_level(log::LevelFilter::Debug);
         log::info!("Test");
diff --git a/libafl_bolts/src/llmp.rs b/libafl_bolts/src/llmp.rs
index dca1a8f7e7..49a0609b9f 100644
--- a/libafl_bolts/src/llmp.rs
+++ b/libafl_bolts/src/llmp.rs
@@ -2267,7 +2267,9 @@ where
     #[cfg(any(all(unix, not(miri)), all(windows, feature = "std")))]
     fn setup_handlers() {
         #[cfg(all(unix, not(miri)))]
-        if let Err(e) = unsafe { setup_signal_handler(&mut LLMP_SIGHANDLER_STATE) } {
+        if let Err(e) =
+            unsafe { setup_signal_handler(&mut *ptr::addr_of_mut!(LLMP_SIGHANDLER_STATE)) }
+        {
             // We can live without a proper ctrl+c signal handler - Ignore.
             log::info!("Failed to setup signal handlers: {e}");
         } else {
@@ -2275,7 +2277,7 @@ where
         }
 
         #[cfg(all(windows, feature = "std"))]
-        if let Err(e) = unsafe { setup_ctrl_handler(&mut LLMP_SIGHANDLER_STATE) } {
+        if let Err(e) = unsafe { setup_ctrl_handler(ptr::addr_of_mut!(LLMP_SIGHANDLER_STATE)) } {
             // We can live without a proper ctrl+c signal handler - Ignore.
             log::info!("Failed to setup control handlers: {e}");
         } else {
diff --git a/libafl_bolts/src/os/windows_exceptions.rs b/libafl_bolts/src/os/windows_exceptions.rs
index ffc092de38..e914a14dbd 100644
--- a/libafl_bolts/src/os/windows_exceptions.rs
+++ b/libafl_bolts/src/os/windows_exceptions.rs
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ static mut CTRL_HANDLER: Option<CtrlHandlerHolder> = None;
 /// # Safety
 /// Same safety considerations as in `setup_exception_handler`
 pub(crate) unsafe fn setup_ctrl_handler<T: 'static + CtrlHandler>(
-    handler: &mut T,
+    handler: *mut T,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
     write_volatile(
         &mut CTRL_HANDLER,