diff --git a/src/cpuid/src/brand_string.rs b/src/cpuid/src/brand_string.rs
index 369f46d83..825a11fd4 100644
--- a/src/cpuid/src/brand_string.rs
+++ b/src/cpuid/src/brand_string.rs
@@ -102,9 +102,10 @@ impl BrandString {
 
     /// Creates a brand string, initialized from the CPUID leaves 0x80000002 through 0x80000004
     /// of the host CPU.
+    #[allow(unused_unsafe)]
     pub fn from_host_cpuid() -> Result<Self, Error> {
         let mut this = Self::new();
-        let mut cpuid_regs = host_cpuid(0x8000_0000);
+        let mut cpuid_regs = unsafe { host_cpuid(0x8000_0000) };
 
         if cpuid_regs.eax < 0x8000_0004 {
             // Brand string not supported by the host CPU
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ impl BrandString {
         }
 
         for leaf in 0x8000_0002..=0x8000_0004 {
-            cpuid_regs = host_cpuid(leaf);
+            cpuid_regs = unsafe { host_cpuid(leaf) };
             this.set_reg_for_leaf(leaf, Reg::EAX, cpuid_regs.eax);
             this.set_reg_for_leaf(leaf, Reg::EBX, cpuid_regs.ebx);
             this.set_reg_for_leaf(leaf, Reg::ECX, cpuid_regs.ecx);
diff --git a/src/cpuid/src/common.rs b/src/cpuid/src/common.rs
index 8c2ffb1cc..d7474b89c 100644
--- a/src/cpuid/src/common.rs
+++ b/src/cpuid/src/common.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ pub enum Error {
 }
 
 #[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
+#[allow(unused_unsafe)]
 pub fn get_cpuid(function: u32, count: u32) -> Result<CpuidResult, Error> {
     // TODO: replace with validation based on `has_cpuid()` when it becomes stable:
     //  https://doc.rust-lang.org/core/arch/x86/fn.has_cpuid.html
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ pub fn get_cpuid(function: u32, count: u32) -> Result<CpuidResult, Error> {
     }
 
     // this is safe because the host supports the `cpuid` instruction
-    let max_function = __get_cpuid_max(function & leaf_0x80000000::LEAF_NUM).0;
+    let max_function = unsafe { __get_cpuid_max(function & leaf_0x80000000::LEAF_NUM).0 };
     if function > max_function {
         return Err(Error::InvalidParameters(format!(
             "Function not supported: 0x{function:x}"
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ pub fn get_cpuid(function: u32, count: u32) -> Result<CpuidResult, Error> {
     }
 
     // this is safe because the host supports the `cpuid` instruction
-    let entry = __cpuid_count(function, count);
+    let entry = unsafe { __cpuid_count(function, count) };
     if entry.eax == 0 && entry.ebx == 0 && entry.ecx == 0 && entry.edx == 0 {
         return Err(Error::InvalidParameters(format!("Invalid count: {count}")));
     }