diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6cb89f80ab89a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pub(crate) mod archive;
+pub(crate) mod lto;
+pub(crate) mod owned_target_machine;
+mod profiling;
+pub(crate) mod write;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/owned_target_machine.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/owned_target_machine.rs
index 8e82013e94ad5..6d8178320febd 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/owned_target_machine.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/owned_target_machine.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-use std::ffi::{CStr, c_char};
+use std::assert_matches::assert_matches;
+use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::ptr::NonNull;
 
@@ -41,11 +42,9 @@ impl OwnedTargetMachine {
         args_cstr_buff: &[u8],
         use_wasm_eh: bool,
     ) -> Result<Self, LlvmError<'static>> {
-        assert!(args_cstr_buff.len() > 0);
-        assert!(
-            *args_cstr_buff.last().unwrap() == 0,
-            "The last character must be a null terminator."
-        );
+        // The argument list is passed as the concatenation of one or more C strings.
+        // This implies that there must be a last byte, and it must be 0.
+        assert_matches!(args_cstr_buff, [.., b'\0'], "the last byte must be a NUL terminator");
 
         // SAFETY: llvm::LLVMRustCreateTargetMachine copies pointed to data
         let tm_ptr = unsafe {
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ impl OwnedTargetMachine {
                 output_obj_file.as_ptr(),
                 debug_info_compression.as_ptr(),
                 use_emulated_tls,
-                args_cstr_buff.as_ptr() as *const c_char,
+                args_cstr_buff.as_ptr(),
                 args_cstr_buff.len(),
                 use_wasm_eh,
             )
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ impl Drop for OwnedTargetMachine {
         // llvm::LLVMRustCreateTargetMachine OwnedTargetMachine is not copyable so there is no
         // double free or use after free.
         unsafe {
-            llvm::LLVMRustDisposeTargetMachine(self.tm_unique.as_mut());
+            llvm::LLVMRustDisposeTargetMachine(self.tm_unique.as_ptr());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/lib.rs
index ca84b6de8b11a..3264a747e3a67 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/lib.rs
@@ -47,18 +47,11 @@ use rustc_session::Session;
 use rustc_session::config::{OptLevel, OutputFilenames, PrintKind, PrintRequest};
 use rustc_span::Symbol;
 
-mod back {
-    pub(crate) mod archive;
-    pub(crate) mod lto;
-    pub(crate) mod owned_target_machine;
-    mod profiling;
-    pub(crate) mod write;
-}
-
 mod abi;
 mod allocator;
 mod asm;
 mod attributes;
+mod back;
 mod base;
 mod builder;
 mod callee;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm/ffi.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm/ffi.rs
index ad3c3d5932eef..0ed6a9dc33c71 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm/ffi.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm/ffi.rs
@@ -2438,7 +2438,7 @@ unsafe extern "C" {
         OutputObjFile: *const c_char,
         DebugInfoCompression: *const c_char,
         UseEmulatedTls: bool,
-        ArgsCstrBuff: *const c_char,
+        ArgsCstrBuff: *const c_uchar, // See "PTR_LEN_STR".
         ArgsCstrBuffLen: usize,
         UseWasmEH: bool,
     ) -> *mut TargetMachine;