diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs
index cf328101dde4..ccf4150d83b6 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ macro_rules! declare_drm_ioctls {
                             // dev/file match the current driver these ioctls are being declared
                             // for, and it's not clear how to enforce this within the type system.
                             let dev = $crate::drm::device::Device::from_raw(raw_dev);
+
+                            // Enforce that the handler accepts higher-ranked
+                            // lifetimes, preventing it from requiring 'static
+                            // references that could escape this scope.
+                            let _: for<'a> fn(&'a _, &'a mut _, &'a _) -> _ = $func;
+
                             // SAFETY: The ioctl argument has size `_IOC_SIZE(cmd)`, which we
                             // asserted above matches the size of this type, and all bit patterns of
                             // UAPI structs must be valid.