diff --git a/crates/hir-ty/src/diagnostics/unsafe_check.rs b/crates/hir-ty/src/diagnostics/unsafe_check.rs
index 3f04b72c2fc6..3c78f5ef3870 100644
--- a/crates/hir-ty/src/diagnostics/unsafe_check.rs
+++ b/crates/hir-ty/src/diagnostics/unsafe_check.rs
@@ -315,6 +315,22 @@ impl<'db> UnsafeVisitor<'db> {
                     }
                     _ => (),
                 }
+
+                let mut peeled = *expr;
+                while let Expr::Field { expr: lhs, .. } = &self.body[peeled] {
+                    if let Some(Either::Left(FieldId { parent: VariantId::UnionId(_), .. })) =
+                        self.infer.field_resolution(peeled)
+                    {
+                        peeled = *lhs;
+                    } else {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // Walk the peeled expression (the LHS of the union field chain)
+                self.walk_expr(peeled);
+                // Return so we don't recurse directly onto the union field access(es)
+                return;
             }
             Expr::MethodCall { .. } => {
                 if let Some((func, _)) = self.infer.method_resolution(current) {
diff --git a/crates/ide-diagnostics/src/handlers/missing_unsafe.rs b/crates/ide-diagnostics/src/handlers/missing_unsafe.rs
index 4bb64747f5bb..029ed18a4d39 100644
--- a/crates/ide-diagnostics/src/handlers/missing_unsafe.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-diagnostics/src/handlers/missing_unsafe.rs
@@ -441,6 +441,49 @@ fn main() {
         )
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn raw_deref_on_union_field() {
+        check_diagnostics(
+            r#"
+fn main() {
+
+    union U {
+        a: u8
+    }
+    let x = U { a: 3 };
+
+    let a = &raw mut x.a;
+
+    union U1 {
+        a: u8
+    }
+    let x = U1 { a: 3 };
+
+    let a = x.a;
+         // ^^^ 💡 error: access to union field is unsafe and requires an unsafe function or block
+
+
+    let b = &raw const x.a;
+
+    let tmp = Vec::from([1, 2, 3]);
+
+    let c = &raw const tmp[x.a];
+                        // ^^^ 💡 error: access to union field is unsafe and requires an unsafe function or block
+
+    union URef {
+        p: &'static mut i32,
+    }
+
+    fn deref_union_field(u: URef) {
+        // Not an assignment but an access to the union field!
+        *(u.p) = 13;
+       // ^^^ 💡 error: access to union field is unsafe and requires an unsafe function or block
+    }
+}
+"#,
+        )
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn unsafe_expr_as_an_argument_of_a_method_call() {
         check_fix(
diff --git a/crates/ide/src/syntax_highlighting/test_data/highlight_unsafe.html b/crates/ide/src/syntax_highlighting/test_data/highlight_unsafe.html
index 828b8f762c58..8339daf32462 100644
--- a/crates/ide/src/syntax_highlighting/test_data/highlight_unsafe.html
+++ b/crates/ide/src/syntax_highlighting/test_data/highlight_unsafe.html
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 
         <span class="variable">u</span><span class="operator">.</span><span class="field unsafe">field</span><span class="semicolon">;</span>
         <span class="operator">&</span><span class="variable">u</span><span class="operator">.</span><span class="field unsafe">field</span><span class="semicolon">;</span>
-        <span class="operator">&</span><span class="keyword">raw</span> <span class="keyword const">const</span> <span class="variable">u</span><span class="operator">.</span><span class="field unsafe">field</span><span class="semicolon">;</span>
+        <span class="operator">&</span><span class="keyword">raw</span> <span class="keyword const">const</span> <span class="variable">u</span><span class="operator">.</span><span class="field">field</span><span class="semicolon">;</span>
         <span class="comment">// this should be safe!</span>
         <span class="keyword">let</span> <span class="union">Union</span> <span class="brace">{</span> <span class="field">field</span><span class="colon">:</span> <span class="punctuation">_</span> <span class="brace">}</span><span class="semicolon">;</span>
         <span class="comment">// but not these</span>