diff --git a/libcxx/include/__iterator/counted_iterator.h b/libcxx/include/__iterator/counted_iterator.h
--- a/libcxx/include/__iterator/counted_iterator.h
+++ b/libcxx/include/__iterator/counted_iterator.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
   }
 
   _LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI
-  constexpr const _Iter& base() const& { return __current_; }
+  constexpr const _Iter& base() const& noexcept { return __current_; }
 
   _LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI
   constexpr _Iter base() && { return _VSTD::move(__current_); }
diff --git a/libcxx/test/std/iterators/predef.iterators/counted.iterator/base.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/std/iterators/predef.iterators/counted.iterator/base.pass.cpp
--- a/libcxx/test/std/iterators/predef.iterators/counted.iterator/base.pass.cpp
+++ b/libcxx/test/std/iterators/predef.iterators/counted.iterator/base.pass.cpp
@@ -32,17 +32,18 @@
 
   {
     std::counted_iterator iter(cpp20_input_iterator<int*>{buffer}, 8);
-    assert(iter.base().base() == buffer);
-    assert(std::move(iter).base().base() == buffer);
+    assert(base(iter.base()) == buffer);
+    assert(base(std::move(iter).base()) == buffer);
 
+    ASSERT_NOEXCEPT(iter.base());
     ASSERT_SAME_TYPE(decltype(iter.base()), const cpp20_input_iterator<int*>&);
     ASSERT_SAME_TYPE(decltype(std::move(iter).base()), cpp20_input_iterator<int*>);
   }
 
   {
     std::counted_iterator iter(forward_iterator<int*>{buffer}, 8);
-    assert(iter.base() == forward_iterator<int*>{buffer});
-    assert(std::move(iter).base() == forward_iterator<int*>{buffer});
+    assert(base(iter.base()) == buffer);
+    assert(base(std::move(iter).base()) == buffer);
 
     ASSERT_SAME_TYPE(decltype(iter.base()), const forward_iterator<int*>&);
     ASSERT_SAME_TYPE(decltype(std::move(iter).base()), forward_iterator<int*>);
@@ -50,8 +51,8 @@
 
   {
     std::counted_iterator iter(contiguous_iterator<int*>{buffer}, 8);
-    assert(iter.base() == contiguous_iterator<int*>{buffer});
-    assert(std::move(iter).base() == contiguous_iterator<int*>{buffer});
+    assert(base(iter.base()) == buffer);
+    assert(base(std::move(iter).base()) == buffer);
 
     ASSERT_SAME_TYPE(decltype(iter.base()), const contiguous_iterator<int*>&);
     ASSERT_SAME_TYPE(decltype(std::move(iter).base()), contiguous_iterator<int*>);
@@ -68,8 +69,8 @@
 
   {
     const std::counted_iterator iter(cpp20_input_iterator<int*>{buffer}, 8);
-    assert(iter.base().base() == buffer);
-    assert(std::move(iter).base().base() == buffer);
+    assert(base(iter.base()) == buffer);
+    assert(base(std::move(iter).base()) == buffer);
 
     ASSERT_SAME_TYPE(decltype(iter.base()), const cpp20_input_iterator<int*>&);
     ASSERT_SAME_TYPE(decltype(std::move(iter).base()), const cpp20_input_iterator<int*>&);
@@ -77,8 +78,8 @@
 
   {
     const std::counted_iterator iter(forward_iterator<int*>{buffer}, 7);
-    assert(iter.base() == forward_iterator<int*>{buffer});
-    assert(std::move(iter).base() == forward_iterator<int*>{buffer});
+    assert(base(iter.base()) == buffer);
+    assert(base(std::move(iter).base()) == buffer);
 
     ASSERT_SAME_TYPE(decltype(iter.base()), const forward_iterator<int*>&);
     ASSERT_SAME_TYPE(decltype(std::move(iter).base()), const forward_iterator<int*>&);
@@ -86,8 +87,8 @@
 
   {
     const std::counted_iterator iter(contiguous_iterator<int*>{buffer}, 6);
-    assert(iter.base() == contiguous_iterator<int*>{buffer});
-    assert(std::move(iter).base() == contiguous_iterator<int*>{buffer});
+    assert(base(iter.base()) == buffer);
+    assert(base(std::move(iter).base()) == buffer);
 
     ASSERT_SAME_TYPE(decltype(iter.base()), const contiguous_iterator<int*>&);
     ASSERT_SAME_TYPE(decltype(std::move(iter).base()), const contiguous_iterator<int*>&);