diff --git a/stdlib/public/core/UnsafeBufferPointer.swift.gyb b/stdlib/public/core/UnsafeBufferPointer.swift.gyb
index a0242df85313b..b51808895ca3b 100644
--- a/stdlib/public/core/UnsafeBufferPointer.swift.gyb
+++ b/stdlib/public/core/UnsafeBufferPointer.swift.gyb
@@ -401,9 +401,9 @@ extension Unsafe${Mutable}BufferPointer {
   public init(
     @_nonEphemeral start: Unsafe${Mutable}Pointer<Element>?, count: Int
   ) {
-    _precondition(
+    _debugPrecondition(
       count >= 0, "Unsafe${Mutable}BufferPointer with negative count")
-    _precondition(
+    _debugPrecondition(
       count == 0 || start != nil,
       "Unsafe${Mutable}BufferPointer has a nil start and nonzero count")
     _position = start
diff --git a/stdlib/public/core/UnsafeRawBufferPointer.swift.gyb b/stdlib/public/core/UnsafeRawBufferPointer.swift.gyb
index 453791f2c60d3..5ba3945f1ae1a 100644
--- a/stdlib/public/core/UnsafeRawBufferPointer.swift.gyb
+++ b/stdlib/public/core/UnsafeRawBufferPointer.swift.gyb
@@ -432,8 +432,8 @@ extension Unsafe${Mutable}RawBufferPointer {
   public init(
     @_nonEphemeral start: Unsafe${Mutable}RawPointer?, count: Int
   ) {
-    _precondition(count >= 0, "${Self} with negative count")
-    _precondition(count == 0 || start != nil,
+    _debugPrecondition(count >= 0, "${Self} with negative count")
+    _debugPrecondition(count == 0 || start != nil,
       "${Self} has a nil start and nonzero count")
     _position = start
     _end = start.map { $0 + count }