diff --git a/src/libcore/intrinsics.rs b/src/libcore/intrinsics.rs
index 2cee23a5c752c..9a23b54dfa0a5 100644
--- a/src/libcore/intrinsics.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/intrinsics.rs
@@ -1423,13 +1423,14 @@ pub(crate) fn is_aligned_and_not_null<T>(ptr: *const T) -> bool {
 }
 
 /// Checks whether the regions of memory starting at `src` and `dst` of size
-/// `count * size_of::<T>()` overlap.
-fn overlaps<T>(src: *const T, dst: *const T, count: usize) -> bool {
+/// `count * size_of::<T>()` do *not* overlap.
+pub(crate) fn is_nonoverlapping<T>(src: *const T, dst: *const T, count: usize) -> bool {
     let src_usize = src as usize;
     let dst_usize = dst as usize;
     let size = mem::size_of::<T>().checked_mul(count).unwrap();
     let diff = if src_usize > dst_usize { src_usize - dst_usize } else { dst_usize - src_usize };
-    size > diff
+    let overlaps = size > diff;
+    !overlaps
 }
 
 /// Copies `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes from `src` to `dst`. The source
@@ -1524,7 +1525,7 @@ pub unsafe fn copy_nonoverlapping<T>(src: *const T, dst: *mut T, count: usize) {
 
     debug_assert!(is_aligned_and_not_null(src), "attempt to copy from unaligned or null pointer");
     debug_assert!(is_aligned_and_not_null(dst), "attempt to copy to unaligned or null pointer");
-    debug_assert!(!overlaps(src, dst, count), "attempt to copy to overlapping memory");
+    debug_assert!(is_nonoverlapping(src, dst, count), "attempt to copy to overlapping memory");
     copy_nonoverlapping(src, dst, count)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libcore/ptr/mod.rs b/src/libcore/ptr/mod.rs
index 88b490a25d5dd..3d41a158b6d85 100644
--- a/src/libcore/ptr/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/ptr/mod.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 use crate::cmp::Ordering;
 use crate::fmt;
 use crate::hash;
-use crate::intrinsics;
+use crate::intrinsics::{self, is_aligned_and_not_null, is_nonoverlapping};
 use crate::mem::{self, MaybeUninit};
 
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
@@ -392,6 +392,10 @@ pub unsafe fn swap<T>(x: *mut T, y: *mut T) {
 #[inline]
 #[stable(feature = "swap_nonoverlapping", since = "1.27.0")]
 pub unsafe fn swap_nonoverlapping<T>(x: *mut T, y: *mut T, count: usize) {
+    debug_assert!(is_aligned_and_not_null(x), "attempt to swap unaligned or null pointer");
+    debug_assert!(is_aligned_and_not_null(y), "attempt to swap unaligned or null pointer");
+    debug_assert!(is_nonoverlapping(x, y, count), "attempt to swap overlapping memory");
+
     let x = x as *mut u8;
     let y = y as *mut u8;
     let len = mem::size_of::<T>() * count;
@@ -619,6 +623,7 @@ pub unsafe fn replace<T>(dst: *mut T, mut src: T) -> T {
 #[inline]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub unsafe fn read<T>(src: *const T) -> T {
+    // `copy_nonoverlapping` takes care of debug_assert.
     let mut tmp = MaybeUninit::<T>::uninit();
     copy_nonoverlapping(src, tmp.as_mut_ptr(), 1);
     tmp.assume_init()
@@ -712,6 +717,7 @@ pub unsafe fn read<T>(src: *const T) -> T {
 #[inline]
 #[stable(feature = "ptr_unaligned", since = "1.17.0")]
 pub unsafe fn read_unaligned<T>(src: *const T) -> T {
+    // `copy_nonoverlapping` takes care of debug_assert.
     let mut tmp = MaybeUninit::<T>::uninit();
     copy_nonoverlapping(src as *const u8, tmp.as_mut_ptr() as *mut u8, mem::size_of::<T>());
     tmp.assume_init()
@@ -804,6 +810,7 @@ pub unsafe fn read_unaligned<T>(src: *const T) -> T {
 #[inline]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub unsafe fn write<T>(dst: *mut T, src: T) {
+    debug_assert!(is_aligned_and_not_null(dst), "attempt to write to unaligned or null pointer");
     intrinsics::move_val_init(&mut *dst, src)
 }
 
@@ -896,6 +903,7 @@ pub unsafe fn write<T>(dst: *mut T, src: T) {
 #[inline]
 #[stable(feature = "ptr_unaligned", since = "1.17.0")]
 pub unsafe fn write_unaligned<T>(dst: *mut T, src: T) {
+    // `copy_nonoverlapping` takes care of debug_assert.
     copy_nonoverlapping(&src as *const T as *const u8, dst as *mut u8, mem::size_of::<T>());
     mem::forget(src);
 }
@@ -967,6 +975,7 @@ pub unsafe fn write_unaligned<T>(dst: *mut T, src: T) {
 #[inline]
 #[stable(feature = "volatile", since = "1.9.0")]
 pub unsafe fn read_volatile<T>(src: *const T) -> T {
+    debug_assert!(is_aligned_and_not_null(src), "attempt to read from unaligned or null pointer");
     intrinsics::volatile_load(src)
 }
 
@@ -1035,6 +1044,7 @@ pub unsafe fn read_volatile<T>(src: *const T) -> T {
 #[inline]
 #[stable(feature = "volatile", since = "1.9.0")]
 pub unsafe fn write_volatile<T>(dst: *mut T, src: T) {
+    debug_assert!(is_aligned_and_not_null(dst), "attempt to write to unaligned or null pointer");
     intrinsics::volatile_store(dst, src);
 }