diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
index a36b0e36449411..543008dc074fa5 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ pub unsafe trait Backend {
     ///
     /// It must only be called by the current owner of the lock.
     unsafe fn unlock(ptr: *mut Self::State, state: &Self::GuardState);
+
+    /// Reacquires the lock, making the caller its owner.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// Callers must ensure that `state` comes from a previous call to [`Backend::lock`] that has
+    /// been unlocked with [`Backend::unlock`] and will be relocked now.
+    unsafe fn relock(ptr: *mut Self::State, state: &mut Self::GuardState) {
+        // SAFETY: The safety requirements ensure that the lock is initialised.
+        *state = unsafe { Self::lock(ptr) };
+    }
 }
 
 /// The "backend" of a lock that supports the irq-save variant.
@@ -158,6 +169,17 @@ pub struct Guard<'a, T: ?Sized, B: Backend> {
 // SAFETY: `Guard` is sync when the data protected by the lock is also sync.
 unsafe impl<T: Sync + ?Sized, B: Backend> Sync for Guard<'_, T, B> {}
 
+impl<T: ?Sized, B: Backend> Guard<'_, T, B> {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub(crate) fn do_unlocked(&mut self, cb: impl FnOnce()) {
+        // SAFETY: The caller owns the lock, so it is safe to unlock it.
+        unsafe { B::unlock(self.lock.state.get(), &self.state) };
+        cb();
+        // SAFETY: The lock was just unlocked above and is being relocked now.
+        unsafe { B::relock(self.lock.state.get(), &mut self.state) };
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T: ?Sized, B: Backend> core::ops::Deref for Guard<'_, T, B> {
     type Target = T;
 
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
index 3f6155b16da0b7..3307fa1a4d7915 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 //!
 //! This module allows Rust code to use the kernel's `spinlock_t`.
 
+use super::IrqSaveBackend;
 use crate::bindings;
 
 /// Creates a [`SpinLock`] initialiser with the given name and a newly-created lock class.
@@ -121,10 +122,21 @@ unsafe impl super::Backend for SpinLockBackend {
             None => unsafe { bindings::spin_unlock(ptr) },
         }
     }
+
+    unsafe fn relock(ptr: *mut Self::State, state: &mut Self::GuardState) {
+        let _ = match state {
+            // SAFETY: The safety requiments of this function ensure that `ptr` has been
+            // initialised.
+            None => unsafe { Self::lock(ptr) },
+            // SAFETY: The safety requiments of this function ensure that `ptr` has been
+            // initialised.
+            Some(_) => unsafe { Self::lock_irqsave(ptr) },
+        };
+    }
 }
 
 // SAFETY: The underlying kernel `spinlock_t` object ensures mutual exclusion.
-unsafe impl super::IrqSaveBackend for SpinLockBackend {
+unsafe impl IrqSaveBackend for SpinLockBackend {
     unsafe fn lock_irqsave(ptr: *mut Self::State) -> Self::GuardState {
         // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` points to valid
         // memory, and that it has been initialised before.