diff --git a/absl/container/internal/raw_hash_set.cc b/absl/container/internal/raw_hash_set.cc
index 5238c81a..79d2e123 100644
--- a/absl/container/internal/raw_hash_set.cc
+++ b/absl/container/internal/raw_hash_set.cc
@@ -669,8 +669,12 @@ void ResizeNonSooImpl(CommonFields& common,
   ABSL_SWISSTABLE_ASSERT(new_capacity > policy.soo_capacity());
 
   const size_t old_capacity = common.capacity();
-  [[maybe_unused]] ctrl_t* old_ctrl = common.control();
-  [[maybe_unused]] void* old_slots = common.slot_array();
+  [[maybe_unused]] ctrl_t* old_ctrl;
+  [[maybe_unused]] void* old_slots;
+  if constexpr (kMode == ResizeNonSooMode::kGuaranteedAllocated) {
+    old_ctrl = common.control();
+    old_slots = common.slot_array();
+  }
 
   const size_t slot_size = policy.slot_size;
   const size_t slot_align = policy.slot_align;
@@ -879,7 +883,7 @@ void GrowIntoSingleGroupShuffleControlBytes(ctrl_t* __restrict old_ctrl,
     return;
   }
 
-  ABSL_SWISSTABLE_ASSERT(Group::kWidth == 16);
+  ABSL_SWISSTABLE_ASSERT(Group::kWidth == 16);  // NOLINT(misc-static-assert)
 
   // Fill the second half of the main control bytes with kEmpty.
   // For small capacity that may write into mirrored control bytes.
diff --git a/absl/container/internal/raw_hash_set.h b/absl/container/internal/raw_hash_set.h
index f9c9b0b7..002fd887 100644
--- a/absl/container/internal/raw_hash_set.h
+++ b/absl/container/internal/raw_hash_set.h
@@ -282,10 +282,8 @@ void SwapAlloc(AllocType& lhs, AllocType& rhs,
   swap(lhs, rhs);
 }
 template <typename AllocType>
-void SwapAlloc(AllocType& lhs, AllocType& rhs,
+void SwapAlloc([[maybe_unused]] AllocType& lhs, [[maybe_unused]] AllocType& rhs,
                std::false_type /* propagate_on_container_swap */) {
-  (void)lhs;
-  (void)rhs;
   assert(lhs == rhs &&
          "It's UB to call swap with unequal non-propagating allocators.");
 }
@@ -949,6 +947,7 @@ class CommonFields : public CommonFieldsGenerationInfo {
   void* soo_data() { return heap_or_soo_.get_soo_data(); }
 
   ctrl_t* control() const {
+    ABSL_SWISSTABLE_ASSERT(capacity() > 0);
     ABSL_SWISSTABLE_IGNORE_UNINITIALIZED_RETURN(heap_or_soo_.control().get());
   }
 
@@ -2806,12 +2805,12 @@ class raw_hash_set {
   // NOTE: This is a very low level operation and should not be used without
   // specific benchmarks indicating its importance.
   template <class K = key_type>
-  void prefetch(const key_arg<K>& key) const {
+  void prefetch([[maybe_unused]] const key_arg<K>& key) const {
     if (capacity() == DefaultCapacity()) return;
-    (void)key;
     // Avoid probing if we won't be able to prefetch the addresses received.
 #ifdef ABSL_HAVE_PREFETCH
     prefetch_heap_block();
+    if (is_small()) return;
     auto seq = probe(common(), hash_of(key));
     PrefetchToLocalCache(control() + seq.offset());
     PrefetchToLocalCache(slot_array() + seq.offset());