diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
index 545933c7f712..c989459eb215 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
@@ -158,6 +158,30 @@ struct drm_gem_shmem_object *drm_gem_shmem_create(struct drm_device *dev, size_t
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_gem_shmem_create);
 
+/**
+ * __drm_gem_shmem_release_sgt_locked - Unpin and DMA unmap pages, and release the
+ * cached scatter/gather table for an shmem GEM object.
+ * @shmem: shmem GEM object
+ *
+ * If the passed shmem object has an active scatter/gather table for driver
+ * usage, this function will unmap it and release the memory associated with it.
+ * It is the responsibility of the caller to ensure it holds the dma_resv_lock
+ * for this object.
+ *
+ * Drivers should not need to call this function themselves, it is mainly
+ * intended for usage in the Rust shmem bindings.
+ */
+void __drm_gem_shmem_free_sgt_locked(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem)
+{
+	dma_resv_assert_held(shmem->base.resv);
+
+	dma_unmap_sgtable(shmem->base.dev->dev, shmem->sgt, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL, 0);
+	sg_free_table(shmem->sgt);
+	kfree(shmem->sgt);
+	shmem->sgt = NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__drm_gem_shmem_free_sgt_locked);
+
 /**
  * drm_gem_shmem_release - Release resources associated with a shmem GEM object.
  * @shmem: shmem GEM object
@@ -176,12 +200,8 @@ void drm_gem_shmem_release(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem)
 
 		drm_WARN_ON(obj->dev, refcount_read(&shmem->vmap_use_count));
 
-		if (shmem->sgt) {
-			dma_unmap_sgtable(obj->dev->dev, shmem->sgt,
-					  DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL, 0);
-			sg_free_table(shmem->sgt);
-			kfree(shmem->sgt);
-		}
+		if (shmem->sgt)
+			__drm_gem_shmem_free_sgt_locked(shmem);
 		if (shmem->pages)
 			drm_gem_shmem_put_pages_locked(shmem);
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.h
index 5ccdae21b94a..b2c23af628e1 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.h
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ int drm_gem_shmem_init(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shme
 struct drm_gem_shmem_object *drm_gem_shmem_create(struct drm_device *dev, size_t size);
 void drm_gem_shmem_release(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem);
 void drm_gem_shmem_free(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem);
+void __drm_gem_shmem_free_sgt_locked(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem);
 
 void drm_gem_shmem_put_pages_locked(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem);
 int drm_gem_shmem_pin(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem);