diff --git a/stdlib/public/core/Pointer.swift b/stdlib/public/core/Pointer.swift
index 0d14423c743ef..f248b4799a9cd 100644
--- a/stdlib/public/core/Pointer.swift
+++ b/stdlib/public/core/Pointer.swift
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ func _convertMutableArrayToPointerArgument<
 }
 
 /// Derive a UTF-8 pointer argument from a value string parameter.
+@_transparent
 public // COMPILER_INTRINSIC
 func _convertConstStringToUTF8PointerArgument<
   ToPointer: _Pointer