diff --git a/stdlib/public/Concurrency/Executor.swift b/stdlib/public/Concurrency/Executor.swift
index da6356eb8e9..be4e46c95d9 100644
--- a/stdlib/public/Concurrency/Executor.swift
+++ b/stdlib/public/Concurrency/Executor.swift
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ public protocol SerialExecutor: Executor {
 
   /// Convert this executor value to the optimized form of borrowed
   /// executor references.
+  @unsafe
   func asUnownedSerialExecutor() -> UnownedSerialExecutor
 
   /// If this executor has complex equality semantics, and the runtime needs to
diff --git a/test/Unsafe/unsafe_concurrency.swift b/test/Unsafe/unsafe_concurrency.swift
index e3a9827c077..93cbeb0b1c0 100644
--- a/test/Unsafe/unsafe_concurrency.swift
+++ b/test/Unsafe/unsafe_concurrency.swift
@@ -37,3 +37,10 @@ func f() async { // expected-warning{{global function 'f' involves unsafe code;
 
 // expected-warning@+1{{type alias 'WeirdC' involves unsafe code; use '@unsafe' to indicate that its use is not memory-safe}}
 typealias WeirdC = RequiresSendable<C> // expected-note{{@unchecked conformance of 'C' to protocol 'Sendable' involves unsafe code}}
+
+
+@available(SwiftStdlib 5.9, *)
+final class MyExecutor: SerialExecutor {
+  func enqueue(_ job: consuming ExecutorJob) { fatalError("boom") }
+  @unsafe func asUnownedSerialExecutor() -> UnownedSerialExecutor { fatalError("boom") }
+}