diff --git a/server/esp/src/types/fast_string.rs b/server/esp/src/types/fast_string.rs
index 9f726f2fe..a175eb91e 100644
--- a/server/esp/src/types/fast_string.rs
+++ b/server/esp/src/types/fast_string.rs
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ impl FastString {
 
     /// Converts the string to a `&str`, bypassing utf-8 validation checks
     #[inline]
-    pub unsafe fn to_str_unchecked(&self) -> &str {
-        std::str::from_utf8_unchecked(self.as_bytes())
+    pub fn to_str_unchecked(&self) -> &str {
+        unsafe std::str::from_utf8_unchecked(self.as_bytes())
     }
 
     /// Converts the string to a `&str`, returns "<invalid UTF-8 string>"" if utf-8 validation fails