diff --git a/src/tools/miri/src/shims/env.rs b/src/tools/miri/src/shims/env.rs
index b95abb484c8..695d1138756 100644
--- a/src/tools/miri/src/shims/env.rs
+++ b/src/tools/miri/src/shims/env.rs
@@ -106,15 +106,7 @@ fn get_env_var(&mut self, name: &OsStr) -> InterpResult<'tcx, Option<OsString>>
         let this = self.eval_context_ref();
         match &this.machine.env_vars {
             EnvVars::Uninit => return Ok(None),
-            EnvVars::Unix(vars) => {
-                let var_ptr = vars.get(this, name)?;
-                if let Some(ptr) = var_ptr {
-                    let var = this.read_os_str_from_c_str(ptr)?;
-                    Ok(Some(var.to_owned()))
-                } else {
-                    Ok(None)
-                }
-            }
+            EnvVars::Unix(vars) => vars.get(this, name),
             EnvVars::Windows(vars) => vars.get(name),
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/tools/miri/src/shims/unix/env.rs b/src/tools/miri/src/shims/unix/env.rs
index 910e53260bf..9082d13da84 100644
--- a/src/tools/miri/src/shims/unix/env.rs
+++ b/src/tools/miri/src/shims/unix/env.rs
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ pub(crate) fn environ(&self) -> Pointer<Option<Provenance>> {
         self.environ.ptr()
     }
 
-    /// Implementation detail for [`InterpCx::get_env_var`]. This basically does `getenv`, complete
-    /// with the reads of the environment, but returns an [`OsString`] instead of a pointer.
-    pub(crate) fn get<'mir>(
+    fn get_ptr<'mir>(
         &self,
         ecx: &InterpCx<'mir, 'tcx, MiriMachine<'mir, 'tcx>>,
         name: &OsStr,
@@ -91,6 +89,22 @@ pub(crate) fn get<'mir>(
         )?;
         Ok(Some(var_ptr))
     }
+
+    /// Implementation detail for [`InterpCx::get_env_var`]. This basically does `getenv`, complete
+    /// with the reads of the environment, but returns an [`OsString`] instead of a pointer.
+    pub(crate) fn get<'mir>(
+        &self,
+        ecx: &InterpCx<'mir, 'tcx, MiriMachine<'mir, 'tcx>>,
+        name: &OsStr,
+    ) -> InterpResult<'tcx, Option<OsString>> {
+        let var_ptr = self.get_ptr(ecx, name)?;
+        if let Some(ptr) = var_ptr {
+            let var = ecx.read_os_str_from_c_str(ptr)?;
+            Ok(Some(var.to_owned()))
+        } else {
+            Ok(None)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 fn alloc_env_var<'mir, 'tcx>(
@@ -137,7 +151,7 @@ fn getenv(
         let name_ptr = this.read_pointer(name_op)?;
         let name = this.read_os_str_from_c_str(name_ptr)?;
 
-        let var_ptr = this.machine.env_vars.unix().get(this, name)?;
+        let var_ptr = this.machine.env_vars.unix().get_ptr(this, name)?;
         Ok(var_ptr.unwrap_or_else(Pointer::null))
     }