diff --git a/tests/ui/consts/const-eval/issue-91827-extern-types-field-offset.rs b/tests/ui/consts/const-eval/issue-91827-extern-types-field-offset.rs
index 7384e71db3a7a..0a6d31204b774 100644
--- a/tests/ui/consts/const-eval/issue-91827-extern-types-field-offset.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/consts/const-eval/issue-91827-extern-types-field-offset.rs
@@ -17,15 +17,21 @@ struct S {
 }
 
 const NEWTYPE: () = unsafe {
+    let buf = [0i32; 4];
+    let x: &Newtype = &*(&buf as *const _ as *const Newtype);
+
     // Projecting to the newtype works, because it is always at offset 0.
-    let x: &Newtype = unsafe { &*(1usize as *const Newtype) };
     let field = &x.0;
 };
 
 const OFFSET: () = unsafe {
-    // This needs to compute the field offset, but we don't know the type's alignment, so this fail.
-    let x: &S = unsafe { &*(1usize as *const S) };
-    let field = &x.a; //~ERROR: evaluation of constant value failed
+    let buf = [0i32; 4];
+    let x: &S = &*(&buf as *const _ as *const S);
+
+    // This needs to compute the field offset, but we don't know the type's alignment, so this
+    // fails.
+    let field = &x.a;
+    //~^ ERROR: evaluation of constant value failed
     //~| does not have a known offset
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/consts/const-eval/issue-91827-extern-types-field-offset.stderr b/tests/ui/consts/const-eval/issue-91827-extern-types-field-offset.stderr
index 645ad8121bcd4..a45c548584e08 100644
--- a/tests/ui/consts/const-eval/issue-91827-extern-types-field-offset.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/consts/const-eval/issue-91827-extern-types-field-offset.stderr
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 error[E0080]: evaluation of constant value failed
-  --> $DIR/issue-91827-extern-types-field-offset.rs:28:17
+  --> $DIR/issue-91827-extern-types-field-offset.rs:33:17
    |
 LL |     let field = &x.a;
    |                 ^^^^ `extern type` does not have a known offset