diff --git a/rust/flatbuffers/src/vtable.rs b/rust/flatbuffers/src/vtable.rs
index 98fb1e2..bbb7190 100644
--- a/rust/flatbuffers/src/vtable.rs
+++ b/rust/flatbuffers/src/vtable.rs
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@
         (self.num_bytes() / SIZE_VOFFSET) - 2
     }
     pub fn num_bytes(&self) -> usize {
-        read_scalar_at::<VOffsetT>(self.buf, self.loc) as usize
+        unsafe { read_scalar_at::<VOffsetT>(self.buf, self.loc) as usize }
     }
     pub fn object_inline_num_bytes(&self) -> usize {
-        let n = read_scalar_at::<VOffsetT>(self.buf, self.loc + SIZE_VOFFSET);
+        let n = unsafe { read_scalar_at::<VOffsetT>(self.buf, self.loc + SIZE_VOFFSET) };
         n as usize
     }
     pub fn get_field(&self, idx: usize) -> VOffsetT {
@@ -51,17 +51,19 @@
         if idx > self.num_fields() {
             return 0;
         }
-        read_scalar_at::<VOffsetT>(
-            self.buf,
-            self.loc + SIZE_VOFFSET + SIZE_VOFFSET + SIZE_VOFFSET * idx,
-        )
+        unsafe {
+            read_scalar_at::<VOffsetT>(
+                self.buf,
+                self.loc + SIZE_VOFFSET + SIZE_VOFFSET + SIZE_VOFFSET * idx,
+            )
+        }
     }
     pub fn get(&self, byte_loc: VOffsetT) -> VOffsetT {
         // TODO(rw): distinguish between None and 0?
         if byte_loc as usize >= self.num_bytes() {
             return 0;
         }
-        read_scalar_at::<VOffsetT>(self.buf, self.loc + byte_loc as usize)
+        unsafe { read_scalar_at::<VOffsetT>(self.buf, self.loc + byte_loc as usize) }
     }
     pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
         let len = self.num_bytes();