diff --git a/rust/kernel/file.rs b/rust/kernel/file.rs
index 0957754119793c..2004270a661ce4 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/file.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/file.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use crate::{
     bindings,
     cred::Credential,
     error::{code::*, Error, Result},
-    types::{ARef, AlwaysRefCounted, Opaque},
+    types::{ARef, AlwaysRefCounted, NotThreadSafe, Opaque},
 };
 use core::ptr;
 
@@ -243,6 +243,76 @@ unsafe impl AlwaysRefCounted for File {
     }
 }
 
+/// A file descriptor reservation.
+///
+/// This allows the creation of a file descriptor in two steps: first, we reserve a slot for it,
+/// then we commit or drop the reservation. The first step may fail (e.g., the current process ran
+/// out of available slots), but commit and drop never fail (and are mutually exclusive).
+///
+/// Dropping the reservation happens in the destructor of this type.
+///
+/// # Invariants
+///
+/// The fd stored in this struct must correspond to a reserved file descriptor of the current task.
+pub struct FileDescriptorReservation {
+    fd: u32,
+    /// Prevent values of this type from being moved to a different task.
+    ///
+    /// The `fd_install` and `put_unused_fd` functions assume that the value of `current` is
+    /// unchanged since the call to `get_unused_fd_flags`. By adding this marker to this type, we
+    /// prevent it from being moved across task boundaries, which ensures that `current` does not
+    /// change while this value exists.
+    _not_send: NotThreadSafe,
+}
+
+impl FileDescriptorReservation {
+    /// Creates a new file descriptor reservation.
+    pub fn get_unused_fd_flags(flags: u32) -> Result<Self> {
+        // SAFETY: FFI call, there are no safety requirements on `flags`.
+        let fd: i32 = unsafe { bindings::get_unused_fd_flags(flags) };
+        if fd < 0 {
+            return Err(Error::from_errno(fd));
+        }
+        Ok(Self {
+            fd: fd as u32,
+            _not_send: NotThreadSafe,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the file descriptor number that was reserved.
+    pub fn reserved_fd(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.fd
+    }
+
+    /// Commits the reservation.
+    ///
+    /// The previously reserved file descriptor is bound to `file`. This method consumes the
+    /// [`FileDescriptorReservation`], so it will not be usable after this call.
+    pub fn fd_install(self, file: ARef<File>) {
+        // SAFETY: `self.fd` was previously returned by `get_unused_fd_flags`. We have not yet used
+        // the fd, so it is still valid, and `current` still refers to the same task, as this type
+        // cannot be moved across task boundaries.
+        //
+        // Furthermore, the file pointer is guaranteed to own a refcount by its type invariants,
+        // and we take ownership of that refcount by not running the destructor below.
+        unsafe { bindings::fd_install(self.fd, file.as_ptr()) };
+
+        // `fd_install` consumes both the file descriptor and the file reference, so we cannot run
+        // the destructors.
+        core::mem::forget(self);
+        core::mem::forget(file);
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for FileDescriptorReservation {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // SAFETY: By the type invariants of this type, `self.fd` was previously returned by
+        // `get_unused_fd_flags`. We have not yet used the fd, so it is still valid, and `current`
+        // still refers to the same task, as this type cannot be moved across task boundaries.
+        unsafe { bindings::put_unused_fd(self.fd) };
+    }
+}
+
 /// Represents the `EBADF` error code.
 ///
 /// Used for methods that can only fail with `EBADF`.