diff --git a/gossip/src/cluster_info.rs b/gossip/src/cluster_info.rs
index d890c7f13d3a7a..b2887c5f1d4923 100644
--- a/gossip/src/cluster_info.rs
+++ b/gossip/src/cluster_info.rs
@@ -3099,7 +3099,7 @@ mod tests {
         },
     };
     const DEFAULT_NUM_QUIC_ENDPOINTS: NonZeroUsize =
-        unsafe { NonZeroUsize::new_unchecked(DEFAULT_QUIC_ENDPOINTS) };
+        NonZeroUsize::new(DEFAULT_QUIC_ENDPOINTS).unwrap();
 
     impl ClusterInfo {
         // Wrapper for ClusterInfo.new_pull_requests replicating old return