diff --git a/crates/net/network/src/state.rs b/crates/net/network/src/state.rs
index d2b94f49a6..aed4e9b7f8 100644
--- a/crates/net/network/src/state.rs
+++ b/crates/net/network/src/state.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ where
                 capabilities,
                 request_tx,
                 pending_response: None,
-                blocks: LruCache::new(NonZeroUsize::new(PEER_BLOCK_CACHE_LIMIT).unwrap()),
+                blocks: LruCache::new(unsafe {
+                    NonZeroUsize::new_unchecked(PEER_BLOCK_CACHE_LIMIT)
+                }),
             },
         );
     }
diff --git a/crates/net/network/src/transactions.rs b/crates/net/network/src/transactions.rs
index cfeebebfe0..7ee68fc0ef 100644
--- a/crates/net/network/src/transactions.rs
+++ b/crates/net/network/src/transactions.rs
@@ -604,9 +604,9 @@ where
                 self.peers.insert(
                     peer_id,
                     Peer {
-                        transactions: LruCache::new(
-                            NonZeroUsize::new(PEER_TRANSACTION_CACHE_LIMIT).unwrap(),
-                        ),
+                        transactions: LruCache::new(unsafe {
+                            NonZeroUsize::new_unchecked(PEER_TRANSACTION_CACHE_LIMIT)
+                        }),
                         request_tx: messages,
                         version,
                         client_version,