diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/gpuvm/mod.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/gpuvm/mod.rs
index a625fcd9b5f2..20a08b3defeb 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/drm/gpuvm/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/drm/gpuvm/mod.rs
@@ -264,7 +264,9 @@ pub trait DriverGpuVm: Sized + Send {
     type VmBoData;
 
     /// The private data passed to callbacks.
-    type SmContext<'ctx>;
+    type SmContext<'ctx>
+    where
+        Self: 'ctx;
 
     /// Indicates that a new mapping should be created.
     fn sm_step_map<'op, 'ctx>(
diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/gpuvm/sm_ops.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/gpuvm/sm_ops.rs
index 69a8e5ab2821..742c151b2540 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/drm/gpuvm/sm_ops.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/drm/gpuvm/sm_ops.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use super::*;
 
 /// The actual data that gets threaded through the callbacks.
-struct SmData<'a, 'ctx, T: DriverGpuVm> {
+struct SmData<'a, 'ctx, T: DriverGpuVm + 'ctx> {
     gpuvm: &'a mut UniqueRefGpuVm<T>,
     user_context: &'a mut T::SmContext<'ctx>,
 }
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct SmMapData<'a, 'ctx, T: DriverGpuVm> {
 }
 
 /// The argument for [`UniqueRefGpuVm::sm_map`].
-pub struct OpMapRequest<'a, 'ctx, T: DriverGpuVm> {
+pub struct OpMapRequest<'a, 'ctx, T: DriverGpuVm + 'ctx> {
     /// Address in GPU virtual address space.
     pub addr: u64,
     /// Length of mapping to create.