diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/executor/multi_threaded.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/executor/multi_threaded.rs
index 80c6f27d2e3d6..0606e7fbdc799 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/executor/multi_threaded.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/executor/multi_threaded.rs
@@ -216,10 +216,8 @@ impl SystemExecutor for MultiThreadedExecutor {
 
         if self.apply_final_buffers {
             // Do one final apply buffers after all systems have completed
-            // SAFETY: all systems have completed, and so no outstanding accesses remain
-            let world = unsafe { &mut *world.get() };
             // Commands should be applied while on the scope's thread, not the executor's thread
-            apply_system_buffers(&self.unapplied_systems, systems, world);
+            apply_system_buffers(&self.unapplied_systems, systems, world.get_mut());
             self.unapplied_systems.clear();
             debug_assert!(self.unapplied_systems.is_clear());
         }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_utils/src/syncunsafecell.rs b/crates/bevy_utils/src/syncunsafecell.rs
index 07e2422d89a8a..839bf7b9d1a55 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_utils/src/syncunsafecell.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_utils/src/syncunsafecell.rs
@@ -76,11 +76,13 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> SyncUnsafeCell<T> {
     }
 
     #[inline]
-    /// Returns a `&SyncUnsafeCell<T>` from a `&mut T`.
-    pub fn from_mut(t: &mut T) -> &SyncUnsafeCell<T> {
-        // SAFETY: `&mut` ensures unique access, and `UnsafeCell<T>` and `SyncUnsafeCell<T>`
-        // have #[repr(transparent)]
-        unsafe { &*(t as *mut T as *const SyncUnsafeCell<T>) }
+    /// Returns a `&mut SyncUnsafeCell<T>` from a `&mut T`.
+    pub fn from_mut(t: &mut T) -> &mut SyncUnsafeCell<T> {
+        let ptr = t as *mut T as *mut SyncUnsafeCell<T>;
+        // SAFETY: `ptr` must be safe to mutably dereference, since it was originally
+        // obtained from a mutable reference. `SyncUnsafeCell` has the same representation
+        // as the original type `T`, since the former is annotated with #[repr(transparent)].
+        unsafe { &mut *ptr }
     }
 }