diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/condvar.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/condvar.rs
index 6e670854336ea5..bb9a34516957c3 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/condvar.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/condvar.rs
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ impl CondVar {
     /// [`CondVar::notify_all`], or when the thread receives a signal.
     ///
     /// Returns whether there is a signal pending.
-    pub fn wait<L: Lock>(&self, g: &Guard<L>) -> bool {
-        let l = g.lock;
+    pub fn wait<L: Lock>(&self, guard: &Guard<L>) -> bool {
+        let lock = guard.lock;
         let mut wait = MaybeUninit::<bindings::wait_queue_entry>::uninit();
 
         // SAFETY: `wait` points to valid memory.
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ impl CondVar {
         }
 
         // SAFETY: The guard is evidence that the caller owns the lock.
-        unsafe { l.unlock() };
+        unsafe { lock.unlock() };
 
         // SAFETY: No arguments, switches to another thread.
         unsafe { bindings::schedule() };
 
-        l.lock_noguard();
+        lock.lock_noguard();
 
         // SAFETY: Both `wait` and `wait_list` point to valid memory.
         unsafe { bindings::finish_wait(self.wait_list.get(), wait.as_mut_ptr()) };
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/guard.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/guard.rs
index dac1fe2516f79f..84e5d319a5fd82 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/guard.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/guard.rs
@@ -78,9 +78,5 @@ pub trait Lock {
     unsafe fn unlock(&self);
 
     /// Returns the data protected by the lock.
-    ///
-    /// # Safety
-    ///
-    /// It must only be called by the current owner of the lock.
-    unsafe fn locked_data(&self) -> &core::cell::UnsafeCell<Self::Inner>;
+    fn locked_data(&self) -> &core::cell::UnsafeCell<Self::Inner>;
 }
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/locked_by.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/locked_by.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fc540b35c53ae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/locked_by.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! A wrapper for data protected by a lock that does not wrap it.
+
+use super::{Guard, Lock};
+use core::{cell::UnsafeCell, ops::Deref, ptr};
+
+/// Allows access to some data to be serialised by a lock that does not wrap it.
+///
+/// In most cases, data protected by a lock is wrapped by the appropriate lock type, e.g.,
+/// [`super::Mutex`] or [`super::SpinLock`]. [`LockedBy`] is meant for cases when this is not
+/// possible. For example, if a container has a lock and some data in the contained elements needs
+/// to be protected by the same lock.
+///
+/// [`LockedBy`] wraps the data in lieu of another locking primitive, and only allows access to it
+/// when the caller shows evidence that 'external' lock is locked.
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// The following is an example for illustrative purposes: `InnerDirectory::bytes_used` is an
+/// aggregate of all `InnerFile::bytes_used` and must be kept consistent; so we wrap `InnerFile` in
+/// a `LockedBy` so that it shares a lock with `InnerDirectory`. This allows us to enforce at
+/// compile-time that access to `InnerFile` is only granted when an `InnerDirectory` is also
+/// locked; we enforce at run time that the right `InnerDirectory` is locked.
+///
+/// ```
+/// use super::Mutex;
+/// use alloc::{string::String, vec::Vec};
+///
+/// struct InnerFile {
+///     bytes_used: u64,
+/// }
+///
+/// struct File {
+///     name: String,
+///     inner: LockedBy<InnerFile, Mutex<InnerDirectory>>,
+/// }
+///
+/// struct InnerDirectory {
+///     /// The sum of the bytes used by all files.
+///     bytes_used: u64,
+///     files: Vec<File>,
+/// }
+///
+/// struct Directory {
+///     name: String,
+///     inner: Mutex<InnerDirectory>,
+/// }
+/// ```
+pub struct LockedBy<T: ?Sized, L: Lock + ?Sized> {
+    owner: *const L::Inner,
+    data: UnsafeCell<T>,
+}
+
+// SAFETY: `LockedBy` can be transferred across thread boundaries iff the data it protects can.
+unsafe impl<T: ?Sized + Send, L: Lock + ?Sized> Send for LockedBy<T, L> {}
+
+// SAFETY: `LockedBy` serialises the interior mutability it provides, so it is `Sync` as long as the
+// data it protects is `Send`.
+unsafe impl<T: ?Sized + Send, L: Lock + ?Sized> Sync for LockedBy<T, L> {}
+
+impl<T, L: Lock + ?Sized> LockedBy<T, L> {
+    /// Constructs a new instance of [`LockedBy`].
+    ///
+    /// It stores a raw pointer to the owner that is never dereferenced. It is only used to ensure
+    /// that the right owner is being used to access the protected data. If the owner is freed, the
+    /// data becomes inaccessible; if another instance of the owner is allocated *on the same
+    /// memory location*, the data becomes accessible again: none of this affects memory safety
+    /// because in any case at most one thread (or CPU) can access the protected data at a time.
+    pub fn new(owner: &L, data: T) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            owner: owner.locked_data().get(),
+            data: UnsafeCell::new(data),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: ?Sized, L: Lock + ?Sized> LockedBy<T, L> {
+    /// Returns a reference to the protected data when the caller provides evidence (via a
+    /// [`Guard`]) that the owner is locked.
+    pub fn access<'a>(&'a self, guard: &'a Guard<L>) -> &'a T {
+        if !ptr::eq(guard.deref(), self.owner) {
+            panic!("guard does not match owner");
+        }
+
+        // SAFETY: `guard` is evidence that the owner is locked.
+        unsafe { &mut *self.data.get() }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a mutable reference to the protected data when the caller provides evidence (via a
+    /// mutable [`Guard`]) that the owner is locked mutably.
+    pub fn access_mut<'a>(&'a self, guard: &'a mut Guard<L>) -> &'a mut T {
+        if !ptr::eq(guard.deref().deref(), self.owner) {
+            panic!("guard does not match owner");
+        }
+
+        // SAFETY: `guard` is evidence that the owner is locked.
+        unsafe { &mut *self.data.get() }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a mutable reference to the protected data when the caller provides evidence (via a
+    /// mutable owner) that the owner is locked mutably. Showing a mutable reference to the owner
+    /// is sufficient because we know no other references can exist to it.
+    pub fn access_from_mut<'a>(&'a self, owner: &'a mut L::Inner) -> &'a mut T {
+        if !ptr::eq(owner, self.owner) {
+            panic!("mismatched owners");
+        }
+
+        // SAFETY: `owner` is evidence that there is only one reference to the owner.
+        unsafe { &mut *self.data.get() }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/mod.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/mod.rs
index 9f533ed025ea87..7c24e05ec92767 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/mod.rs
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ use core::pin::Pin;
 
 mod condvar;
 mod guard;
+mod locked_by;
 mod mutex;
 mod spinlock;
 
 pub use condvar::CondVar;
 pub use guard::{Guard, Lock};
+pub use locked_by::LockedBy;
 pub use mutex::Mutex;
 pub use spinlock::SpinLock;
 
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/mutex.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/mutex.rs
index a040861da0a024..e528228d16c101 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/mutex.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/mutex.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> Lock for Mutex<T> {
         bindings::mutex_unlock(self.mutex.get());
     }
 
-    unsafe fn locked_data(&self) -> &UnsafeCell<T> {
+    fn locked_data(&self) -> &UnsafeCell<T> {
         &self.data
     }
 }
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/spinlock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/spinlock.rs
index 3f3aacbcb8f081..49a7d5fd837b2f 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/spinlock.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/spinlock.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> Lock for SpinLock<T> {
         rust_helper_spin_unlock(self.spin_lock.get());
     }
 
-    unsafe fn locked_data(&self) -> &UnsafeCell<T> {
+    fn locked_data(&self) -> &UnsafeCell<T> {
         &self.data
     }
 }