diff --git a/src/capture/activated/mod.rs b/src/capture/activated/mod.rs
index 1af843a9..9375a973 100644
--- a/src/capture/activated/mod.rs
+++ b/src/capture/activated/mod.rs
@@ -459,7 +459,8 @@ mod testmod {
     pub struct NextExContext(raw::__pcap_next_ex::Context);
     pub fn next_ex_expect(pcap: *mut raw::pcap_t) -> NextExContext {
         let data_ptr: *const libc::c_uchar = DATA.as_ptr();
-        let pkthdr_ptr: *mut raw::pcap_pkthdr = std::ptr::addr_of_mut!(PKTHDR);
+        #[allow(unused_unsafe)] // unsafe still needed to compile on MSRV
+        let pkthdr_ptr: *mut raw::pcap_pkthdr = unsafe { std::ptr::addr_of_mut!(PKTHDR) };
 
         let ctx = raw::pcap_next_ex_context();
         ctx.checkpoint();