diff --git a/library/core/src/hint.rs b/library/core/src/hint.rs
index 1192b9e164a14..fdf5bbf61441f 100644
--- a/library/core/src/hint.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/hint.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ pub fn spin_loop() {
 /// backend used. Programs cannot rely on `black_box` for *correctness* in any way.
 #[inline]
 #[unstable(feature = "test", issue = "50297")]
-#[allow(unreachable_code)] // this makes #[cfg] a bit easier below.
+#[cfg_attr(miri, allow(unused_mut))]
 pub fn black_box<T>(mut dummy: T) -> T {
     // We need to "use" the argument in some way LLVM can't introspect, and on
     // targets that support it we can typically leverage inline assembly to do