diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync.rs b/rust/kernel/sync.rs
index d6dd0e2c1678..f8edb6d0d794 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync.rs
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ use crate::types::Opaque;
 mod arc;
 mod condvar;
 pub mod lock;
+mod locked_by;
 
 pub use arc::{Arc, ArcBorrow, UniqueArc};
 pub use condvar::CondVar;
 pub use lock::{mutex::Mutex, spinlock::SpinLock};
+pub use locked_by::LockedBy;
 
 /// Represents a lockdep class. It's a wrapper around C's `lock_class_key`.
 #[repr(transparent)]
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
index f52ba9ab1b70..51c996ca2109 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ pub struct Lock<T: ?Sized, B: Backend> {
     _pin: PhantomPinned,
 
     /// The data protected by the lock.
-    data: UnsafeCell<T>,
+    pub(crate) data: UnsafeCell<T>,
 }
 
 // SAFETY: `Lock` can be transferred across thread boundaries iff the data it protects can.
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/locked_by.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/locked_by.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..191e37d804e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/locked_by.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! A wrapper for data protected by a lock that does not wrap it.
+
+use super::{lock::Backend, lock::Lock};
+use core::{cell::UnsafeCell, 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 the 'external' lock is locked.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// 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 kernel::sync::{LockedBy, Mutex};
+///
+/// struct InnerFile {
+///     bytes_used: u64,
+/// }
+///
+/// struct File {
+///     _ino: u32,
+///     inner: LockedBy<InnerFile, InnerDirectory>,
+/// }
+///
+/// struct InnerDirectory {
+///     /// The sum of the bytes used by all files.
+///     bytes_used: u64,
+///     _files: Vec<File>,
+/// }
+///
+/// struct Directory {
+///     _ino: u32,
+///     inner: Mutex<InnerDirectory>,
+/// }
+///
+/// /// Prints `bytes_used` from both the directory and file.
+/// fn print_bytes_used(dir: &Directory, file: &File) {
+///     let guard = dir.inner.lock();
+///     let inner_file = file.inner.access(&guard);
+///     pr_info!("{} {}", guard.bytes_used, inner_file.bytes_used);
+/// }
+///
+/// /// Increments `bytes_used` for both the directory and file.
+/// fn inc_bytes_used(dir: &Directory, file: &File) {
+///     let mut guard = dir.inner.lock();
+///     guard.bytes_used += 10;
+///
+///     let file_inner = file.inner.access_mut(&mut guard);
+///     file_inner.bytes_used += 10;
+/// }
+///
+/// /// Creates a new file.
+/// fn new_file(ino: u32, dir: &Directory) -> File {
+///     File {
+///         _ino: ino,
+///         inner: LockedBy::new(&dir.inner, InnerFile { bytes_used: 0 }),
+///     }
+/// }
+/// ```
+pub struct LockedBy<T: ?Sized, U: ?Sized> {
+    owner: *const U,
+    data: UnsafeCell<T>,
+}
+
+// SAFETY: `LockedBy` can be transferred across thread boundaries iff the data it protects can.
+unsafe impl<T: ?Sized + Send, U: ?Sized> Send for LockedBy<T, U> {}
+
+// 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, U: ?Sized> Sync for LockedBy<T, U> {}
+
+impl<T, U: ?Sized> LockedBy<T, U> {
+    /// 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: &Lock<U, impl Backend>, data: T) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            owner: owner.data.get(),
+            data: UnsafeCell::new(data),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: ?Sized, U> LockedBy<T, U> {
+    /// Returns a reference to the protected data when the caller provides evidence (via a
+    /// reference) that the owner is locked.
+    pub fn access<'a>(&'a self, owner: &'a U) -> &'a T {
+        crate::build_assert!(core::mem::size_of::<U>() > 0);
+        if !ptr::eq(owner, self.owner) {
+            panic!("mismatched owners");
+        }
+
+        // SAFETY: `owner` is evidence that the owner is locked.
+        unsafe { &*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_mut<'a>(&'a self, owner: &'a mut U) -> &'a mut T {
+        crate::build_assert!(core::mem::size_of::<U>() > 0);
+        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() }
+    }
+}
