diff --git a/crates/spirv-builder/src/test/basic.rs b/crates/spirv-builder/src/test/basic.rs
index 11abab3588..b37bb147b2 100644
--- a/crates/spirv-builder/src/test/basic.rs
+++ b/crates/spirv-builder/src/test/basic.rs
@@ -613,7 +613,9 @@ fn image_write() {
 #[spirv(fragment)]
 pub fn main(input: Input<glam::Vec2>, image: UniformConstant<StorageImage2d>) {
     let texels = *input;
-    image.write(glam::UVec2::new(0, 1), texels);
+    unsafe {
+        image.write(glam::UVec2::new(0, 1), texels);
+    }
 }
 "#);
 }
diff --git a/crates/spirv-std/src/textures.rs b/crates/spirv-std/src/textures.rs
index 14624c6835..80c518d86e 100644
--- a/crates/spirv-std/src/textures.rs
+++ b/crates/spirv-std/src/textures.rs
@@ -89,22 +89,20 @@ impl StorageImage2d {
 
     /// Write a texel to an image without a sampler.
     #[spirv_std_macros::gpu_only]
-    pub fn write<I, V, V2, const N: usize>(&self, coordinate: V, texels: V2)
+    pub unsafe fn write<I, V, V2, const N: usize>(&self, coordinate: V, texels: V2)
     where
         I: Integer,
         V: Vector<I, 2>,
         V2: Vector<f32, N>,
     {
-        unsafe {
-            asm! {
-                "%image = OpLoad _ {this}",
-                "%coordinate = OpLoad _ {coordinate}",
-                "%texels = OpLoad _ {texels}",
-                "OpImageWrite %image %coordinate %texels",
-                this = in(reg) self,
-                coordinate = in(reg) &coordinate,
-                texels = in(reg) &texels,
-            }
+        asm! {
+            "%image = OpLoad _ {this}",
+            "%coordinate = OpLoad _ {coordinate}",
+            "%texels = OpLoad _ {texels}",
+            "OpImageWrite %image %coordinate %texels",
+            this = in(reg) self,
+            coordinate = in(reg) &coordinate,
+            texels = in(reg) &texels,
         }
     }
 }