diff --git a/src/apply.ts b/src/apply.ts
index b358c3f..8a33d4e 100644
--- a/src/apply.ts
+++ b/src/apply.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-import { Draft, Options, Patches, DraftType, Operation } from './interface';
+import { Operation, DraftType } from './interface';
+import type {
+  Draft,
+  Patches,
+  ApplyMutableOptions,
+  ApplyOptions,
+  ApplyResult,
+} from './interface';
 import { deepClone, get, getType, isDraft, unescapePath } from './utils';
 import { create } from './create';
 
@@ -23,14 +30,11 @@ import { create } from './create';
  * expect(state).toEqual(apply(baseState, patches));
  * ```
  */
-export function apply<T extends object, F extends boolean = false>(
-  state: T,
-  patches: Patches,
-  applyOptions?: Pick<
-    Options<boolean, F>,
-    Exclude<keyof Options<boolean, F>, 'enablePatches'>
-  >
-) {
+export function apply<
+  T extends object,
+  F extends boolean = false,
+  A extends ApplyOptions<F> = ApplyOptions<F>,
+>(state: T, patches: Patches, applyOptions?: A): ApplyResult<T, F, A> {
   let i: number;
   for (i = patches.length - 1; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
     const { value, op, path } = patches[i];
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ export function apply<T extends object, F extends boolean = false>(
   if (i > -1) {
     patches = patches.slice(i + 1);
   }
-  const mutate = (draft: Draft<T>) => {
+  const mutate = (draft: Draft<T> | T) => {
     patches.forEach((patch) => {
       const { path: _path, op } = patch;
       const path = unescapePath(_path);
@@ -119,15 +123,28 @@ export function apply<T extends object, F extends boolean = false>(
       }
     });
   };
+  if ((applyOptions as ApplyMutableOptions)?.mutable) {
+    if (__DEV__) {
+      if (
+        Object.keys(applyOptions!).filter((key) => key !== 'mutable').length
+      ) {
+        console.warn(
+          'The "mutable" option is not allowed to be used with other options.'
+        );
+      }
+    }
+    mutate(state);
+    return undefined as ApplyResult<T, F, A>;
+  }
   if (isDraft(state)) {
     if (applyOptions !== undefined) {
       throw new Error(`Cannot apply patches with options to a draft.`);
     }
     mutate(state as Draft<T>);
-    return state;
+    return state as ApplyResult<T, F, A>;
   }
   return create<T, F>(state, mutate, {
     ...applyOptions,
     enablePatches: false,
-  });
+  }) as any;
 }
diff --git a/src/interface.ts b/src/interface.ts
index 9568ef8..d38d969 100644
--- a/src/interface.ts
+++ b/src/interface.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ export type Mark<O extends PatchesOptions, F extends boolean> = (
   ? BaseMark
   : MarkWithCopy;
 
+export interface ApplyMutableOptions {
+  /**
+   * If it's `true`, the state will be mutated directly.
+   */
+  mutable?: boolean;
+}
+
 export interface Options<O extends PatchesOptions, F extends boolean> {
   /**
    * In strict mode, Forbid accessing non-draftable values and forbid returning a non-draft value.
@@ -190,3 +197,16 @@ export type Draft<T> = T extends Primitive | AtomicObject
   : T extends object
   ? DraftedObject<T>
   : T;
+
+export type ApplyOptions<F extends boolean> =
+  | Pick<
+      Options<boolean, F>,
+      Exclude<keyof Options<boolean, F>, 'enablePatches'>
+    >
+  | ApplyMutableOptions;
+
+export type ApplyResult<
+  T extends object,
+  F extends boolean = false,
+  A extends ApplyOptions<F> = ApplyOptions<F>
+> = A extends { mutable: true } ? void : T;
diff --git a/test/apply.test.ts b/test/apply.test.ts
index ee48b54..f5bba7e 100644
--- a/test/apply.test.ts
+++ b/test/apply.test.ts
@@ -1658,3 +1658,46 @@ test('array - update primitive', () => {
     d.a[2] += 1;
   });
 });
+
+test('base - mutate', () => {
+  const baseState = {
+    a: {
+      c: 1,
+    },
+  };
+  const [state, patches, inversePatches] = create(
+    baseState,
+    (draft) => {
+      draft.a.c = 2;
+    },
+    {
+      enablePatches: true,
+    }
+  );
+  expect(state).toEqual({ a: { c: 2 } });
+  expect({ patches, inversePatches }).toEqual({
+    patches: [
+      {
+        op: 'replace',
+        path: ['a', 'c'],
+        value: 2,
+      },
+    ],
+    inversePatches: [
+      {
+        op: 'replace',
+        path: ['a', 'c'],
+        value: 1,
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+  const nextState = apply(baseState, patches);
+  expect(nextState).toEqual({ a: { c: 2 } });
+  expect(baseState).toEqual({ a: { c: 1 } });
+
+  const result = apply(baseState, patches, {
+    mutable: true,
+  });
+  expect(baseState).toEqual({ a: { c: 2 } });
+  expect(result).toBeUndefined();
+});
diff --git a/test/dev.test.ts b/test/dev.test.ts
index 1e45f51..c208687 100644
--- a/test/dev.test.ts
+++ b/test/dev.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable consistent-return */
 /* eslint-disable no-param-reassign */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment */
-import { create } from '../src';
+import { apply, create } from '../src';
 
 test('custom shallow copy without checking in prod mode', () => {
   global.__DEV__ = false;
@@ -88,3 +88,53 @@ test('custom shallow copy with checking in dev mode', () => {
     `"You can't use mark and patches or auto freeze together."`
   );
 });
+
+test('check warn when apply patches with other options', () => {
+  {
+    global.__DEV__ = true;
+    const baseState = { foo: { bar: 'test' } };
+    const warn = console.warn;
+    jest.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {});
+    apply(
+      baseState,
+      [
+        {
+          op: 'replace',
+          path: ['foo', 'bar'],
+          value: 'test2',
+        },
+      ],
+      {
+        mutable: true,
+        enableAutoFreeze: true,
+      }
+    );
+    expect(console.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'The "mutable" option is not allowed to be used with other options.'
+    );
+  }
+  {
+    global.__DEV__ = true;
+    const baseState = { foo: { bar: 'test' } };
+    const warn = console.warn;
+    jest.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {});
+    apply(
+      baseState,
+      [
+        {
+          op: 'replace',
+          path: ['foo', 'bar'],
+          value: 'test2',
+        },
+      ],
+      {
+        mutable: true,
+        enableAutoFreeze: true,
+        mark: () => {},
+      }
+    );
+    expect(console.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'The "mutable" option is not allowed to be used with other options.'
+    );
+  }
+});