diff --git a/rust/kernel/driver.rs b/rust/kernel/driver.rs
index 558fdef4a1c6..03c0dd713f4c 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/driver.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/driver.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 //!     type IdInfo: 'static;
 //!
 //!     /// The type of the driver's bus device private data.
-//!     type Data: Send;
+//!     type Data<'bound>: Send + 'bound;
 //!
 //!     /// The table of OF device ids supported by the driver.
 //!     const OF_ID_TABLE: Option<of::IdTable<Self::IdInfo>> = None;
@@ -27,11 +27,16 @@
 //!     const ACPI_ID_TABLE: Option<acpi::IdTable<Self::IdInfo>> = None;
 //!
 //!     /// Driver probe.
-//!     fn probe(dev: &Device<device::Core<'_>>, id_info: &Self::IdInfo)
-//!         -> impl PinInit<Self::Data, Error>;
+//!     fn probe<'bound>(
+//!         dev: &'bound Device<device::Core<'_>>,
+//!         id_info: &'bound Self::IdInfo,
+//!     ) -> impl PinInit<Self::Data<'bound>, Error> + 'bound;
 //!
 //!     /// Driver unbind (optional).
-//!     fn unbind(dev: &Device<device::Core<'_>>, this: Pin<&Self::Data>) {
+//!     fn unbind<'bound>(
+//!         dev: &'bound Device<device::Core<'_>>,
+//!         this: Pin<&Self::Data<'bound>>,
+//!     ) {
 //!         let _ = (dev, this);
 //!     }
 //! }
@@ -46,9 +51,10 @@
 )]
 #![cfg_attr(CONFIG_PCI, doc = "* [`pci::Driver`](kernel::pci::Driver)")]
 //!
-//! The `probe()` callback should return a `impl PinInit<Self::Data, Error>`, i.e. the driver's
-//! private data. The bus abstraction should store the pointer in the corresponding bus device. The
-//! generic [`Device`] infrastructure provides common helpers for this purpose on its
+//! The `probe()` callback should return a
+//! `impl PinInit<Self::Data<'bound>, Error>`, i.e. the driver's private data. The bus
+//! abstraction should store the pointer in the corresponding bus device. The generic
+//! [`Device`] infrastructure provides common helpers for this purpose on its
 //! [`Device<CoreInternal>`] implementation.
 //!
 //! All driver callbacks should provide a reference to the driver's private data. Once the driver