diff --git a/compiler/rustc_arena/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_arena/src/lib.rs
index 62995dfd2e2f0..a5f1cbc96daa7 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_arena/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_arena/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #![feature(rustc_attrs)]
 #![cfg_attr(test, feature(test))]
 #![feature(strict_provenance)]
+#![feature(ptr_const_cast)]
 
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ use std::cell::{Cell, RefCell};
 use std::cmp;
 use std::marker::{PhantomData, Send};
 use std::mem::{self, MaybeUninit};
-use std::ptr;
+use std::ptr::{self, NonNull};
 use std::slice;
 
 #[inline(never)]
@@ -55,15 +56,24 @@ pub struct TypedArena<T> {
 
 struct ArenaChunk<T = u8> {
     /// The raw storage for the arena chunk.
-    storage: Box<[MaybeUninit<T>]>,
+    storage: NonNull<[MaybeUninit<T>]>,
     /// The number of valid entries in the chunk.
     entries: usize,
 }
 
+unsafe impl<#[may_dangle] T> Drop for ArenaChunk<T> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        unsafe { Box::from_raw(self.storage.as_mut()) };
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T> ArenaChunk<T> {
     #[inline]
     unsafe fn new(capacity: usize) -> ArenaChunk<T> {
-        ArenaChunk { storage: Box::new_uninit_slice(capacity), entries: 0 }
+        ArenaChunk {
+            storage: NonNull::new(Box::into_raw(Box::new_uninit_slice(capacity))).unwrap(),
+            entries: 0,
+        }
     }
 
     /// Destroys this arena chunk.
@@ -72,14 +82,15 @@ impl<T> ArenaChunk<T> {
         // The branch on needs_drop() is an -O1 performance optimization.
         // Without the branch, dropping TypedArena<u8> takes linear time.
         if mem::needs_drop::<T>() {
-            ptr::drop_in_place(MaybeUninit::slice_assume_init_mut(&mut self.storage[..len]));
+            let slice = &mut *(self.storage.as_mut());
+            ptr::drop_in_place(MaybeUninit::slice_assume_init_mut(&mut slice[..len]));
         }
     }
 
     // Returns a pointer to the first allocated object.
     #[inline]
     fn start(&mut self) -> *mut T {
-        MaybeUninit::slice_as_mut_ptr(&mut self.storage)
+        self.storage.as_ptr() as *mut T
     }
 
     // Returns a pointer to the end of the allocated space.
@@ -90,7 +101,7 @@ impl<T> ArenaChunk<T> {
                 // A pointer as large as possible for zero-sized elements.
                 ptr::invalid_mut(!0)
             } else {
-                self.start().add(self.storage.len())
+                self.start().add((*self.storage.as_ptr()).len())
             }
         }
     }
@@ -274,7 +285,7 @@ impl<T> TypedArena<T> {
                 // If the previous chunk's len is less than HUGE_PAGE
                 // bytes, then this chunk will be least double the previous
                 // chunk's size.
-                new_cap = last_chunk.storage.len().min(HUGE_PAGE / elem_size / 2);
+                new_cap = (*last_chunk.storage.as_ptr()).len().min(HUGE_PAGE / elem_size / 2);
                 new_cap *= 2;
             } else {
                 new_cap = PAGE / elem_size;
@@ -382,7 +393,7 @@ impl DroplessArena {
                 // If the previous chunk's len is less than HUGE_PAGE
                 // bytes, then this chunk will be least double the previous
                 // chunk's size.
-                new_cap = last_chunk.storage.len().min(HUGE_PAGE / 2);
+                new_cap = (*last_chunk.storage.as_ptr()).len().min(HUGE_PAGE / 2);
                 new_cap *= 2;
             } else {
                 new_cap = PAGE;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_arena/src/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_arena/src/tests.rs
index 911e577c1edc7..ad61464343a4a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_arena/src/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_arena/src/tests.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ fn test_arena_alloc_nested() {
 #[test]
 pub fn test_copy() {
     let arena = TypedArena::default();
-    for _ in 0..100000 {
+    #[cfg(not(miri))]
+    const N: usize = 100000;
+    #[cfg(miri)]
+    const N: usize = 1000;
+    for _ in 0..N {
         arena.alloc(Point { x: 1, y: 2, z: 3 });
     }
 }
@@ -106,7 +110,11 @@ struct Noncopy {
 #[test]
 pub fn test_noncopy() {
     let arena = TypedArena::default();
-    for _ in 0..100000 {
+    #[cfg(not(miri))]
+    const N: usize = 100000;
+    #[cfg(miri)]
+    const N: usize = 1000;
+    for _ in 0..N {
         arena.alloc(Noncopy { string: "hello world".to_string(), array: vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5] });
     }
 }
@@ -114,7 +122,11 @@ pub fn test_noncopy() {
 #[test]
 pub fn test_typed_arena_zero_sized() {
     let arena = TypedArena::default();
-    for _ in 0..100000 {
+    #[cfg(not(miri))]
+    const N: usize = 100000;
+    #[cfg(miri)]
+    const N: usize = 1000;
+    for _ in 0..N {
         arena.alloc(());
     }
 }
@@ -124,7 +136,11 @@ pub fn test_typed_arena_clear() {
     let mut arena = TypedArena::default();
     for _ in 0..10 {
         arena.clear();
-        for _ in 0..10000 {
+        #[cfg(not(miri))]
+        const N: usize = 10000;
+        #[cfg(miri)]
+        const N: usize = 100;
+        for _ in 0..N {
             arena.alloc(Point { x: 1, y: 2, z: 3 });
         }
     }