diff --git a/rust/kernel/device.rs b/rust/kernel/device.rs
index df4bfa5f51ea..a1123206819b 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/device.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/device.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
 
 use crate::{
     bindings,
-    str::CStr,
     types::{ARef, Opaque},
 };
-use core::{fmt, ptr};
+use core::{ffi::CStr, fmt, ptr};
 
 #[cfg(CONFIG_PRINTK)]
 use crate::str::CStrExt as _;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/driver.rs b/rust/kernel/driver.rs
index 2a16d5e64e6c..0fbcdc226729 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/driver.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/driver.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 //! register using the [`Registration`] class.
 
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
-use crate::{device, init::PinInit, of, str::CStr, try_pin_init, types::Opaque, ThisModule};
-use core::pin::Pin;
+use crate::{device, init::PinInit, of, try_pin_init, types::Opaque, ThisModule};
+use core::{ffi::CStr, pin::Pin};
 use macros::{pin_data, pinned_drop};
 
 /// The [`RegistrationOps`] trait serves as generic interface for subsystems (e.g., PCI, Platform,
diff --git a/rust/kernel/error.rs b/rust/kernel/error.rs
index cff9204d9dd6..aa0786cee048 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/error.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/error.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
 //!
 //! C header: [`include/uapi/asm-generic/errno-base.h`](srctree/include/uapi/asm-generic/errno-base.h)
 
-use crate::{
-    alloc::{layout::LayoutError, AllocError},
-    str::CStr,
-};
+use crate::alloc::{layout::LayoutError, AllocError};
 
+use core::ffi::CStr;
 use core::fmt;
 use core::num::NonZeroI32;
 use core::num::TryFromIntError;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/firmware.rs b/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
index e371df67261e..73eaa477756a 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 //!
 //! C header: [`include/linux/firmware.h`](srctree/include/linux/firmware.h)
 
-use crate::{bindings, device::Device, error::Error, error::Result, str::CStr};
+use crate::{bindings, device::Device, error::Error, error::Result};
+use core::ffi::CStr;
 use core::ptr::NonNull;
 
 /// # Invariants
diff --git a/rust/kernel/kunit.rs b/rust/kernel/kunit.rs
index 527794dcc439..f4e0e58877a0 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/kunit.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/kunit.rs
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ macro_rules! kunit_assert {
                 break 'out;
             }
 
-            static NAME: &'static $crate::str::CStr = $crate::c_str_avoid_literals!($name);
-            static FILE: &'static $crate::str::CStr = $crate::c_str_avoid_literals!($file);
+            static NAME: &'static core::ffi::CStr = $crate::c_str_avoid_literals!($name);
+            static FILE: &'static core::ffi::CStr = $crate::c_str_avoid_literals!($file);
             static LINE: i32 = core::line!() as i32 - $diff;
-            static CONDITION: &'static $crate::str::CStr =
+            static CONDITION: &'static core::ffi::CStr =
                 $crate::c_str_avoid_literals!(stringify!($condition));
 
             // SAFETY: FFI call without safety requirements.
diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index 496ed32b0911..a129ef3292dc 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ fn init(module: &'static ThisModule) -> impl init::PinInit<Self, error::Error> {
 /// Metadata attached to a [`Module`] or [`InPlaceModule`].
 pub trait ModuleMetadata {
     /// The name of the module as specified in the `module!` macro.
-    const NAME: &'static crate::str::CStr;
+    const NAME: &'static core::ffi::CStr;
 }
 
 /// Equivalent to `THIS_MODULE` in the C API.
diff --git a/rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs b/rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs
index 78c150270080..6e6f70cb4981 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@
     fs::File,
     prelude::*,
     seq_file::SeqFile,
-    str::CStr,
     types::{ForeignOwnable, Opaque},
 };
-use core::{marker::PhantomData, mem::MaybeUninit, pin::Pin};
+use core::{ffi::CStr, marker::PhantomData, mem::MaybeUninit, pin::Pin};
 
 /// Options for creating a misc device.
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
diff --git a/rust/kernel/of.rs b/rust/kernel/of.rs
index 12ea65df46de..087ac8e05551 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/of.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/of.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 //! Device Tree / Open Firmware abstractions.
 
-use crate::{bindings, device_id::RawDeviceId, prelude::*};
+use crate::{bindings, device_id::RawDeviceId};
+use core::ffi::CStr;
 
 /// IdTable type for OF drivers.
 pub type IdTable<T> = &'static dyn kernel::device_id::IdTable<DeviceId, T>;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/pci.rs b/rust/kernel/pci.rs
index 4c98b5b9aa1e..bec5b6bcb696 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/pci.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/pci.rs
@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@
     error::{to_result, Result},
     io::Io,
     io::IoRaw,
-    str::CStr,
     types::{ARef, ForeignOwnable, Opaque},
     ThisModule,
 };
-use core::{ops::Deref, ptr::addr_of_mut};
+use core::{ffi::CStr, ops::Deref, ptr::addr_of_mut};
 use kernel::prelude::*;
 
 /// An adapter for the registration of PCI drivers.
diff --git a/rust/kernel/platform.rs b/rust/kernel/platform.rs
index 99af0a16ae85..173eaeb90fb4 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/platform.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/platform.rs
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@
     error::{to_result, Result},
     of,
     prelude::*,
-    str::CStr,
     types::{ARef, ForeignOwnable, Opaque},
     ThisModule,
 };
 
-use core::ptr::addr_of_mut;
+use core::{ffi::CStr, ptr::addr_of_mut};
 
 /// An adapter for the registration of platform drivers.
 pub struct Adapter<T: Driver>(T);
diff --git a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
index 96e7029c27da..21fa7b3a68c3 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@
 
 pub use super::error::{code::*, Error, Result};
 
-pub use super::{
-    str::{CStr, CStrExt as _},
-    ThisModule,
-};
+pub use super::{str::CStrExt as _, ThisModule};
 
 pub use super::init::{InPlaceInit, InPlaceWrite, Init, PinInit};
 
diff --git a/rust/kernel/str.rs b/rust/kernel/str.rs
index 4063d393ab58..d25c3d698f25 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/str.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/str.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 //! String representations.
 
 use crate::alloc::{flags::*, AllocError, KVec};
+use core::ffi::CStr;
 use core::fmt::{self, Write};
 use core::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 
@@ -177,8 +178,6 @@ macro_rules! b_str {
     }};
 }
 
-pub use core::ffi::CStr;
-
 /// Returns a C pointer to the string.
 // It is a free function rather than a method on an extension trait because:
 //
@@ -381,7 +380,7 @@ fn as_ref(&self) -> &BStr {
 ///
 /// ```
 /// # use kernel::c_str_avoid_literals;
-/// # use kernel::str::CStr;
+/// # use core::ffi::CStr;
 /// const MY_CSTR: &CStr = c_str_avoid_literals!(concat!(file!(), ":", line!(), ": My CStr!"));
 /// ```
 #[macro_export]
@@ -391,13 +390,13 @@ macro_rules! c_str_avoid_literals {
     // too limiting to macro authors, so we rely on the name as a hint instead.
     ($str:expr) => {{
         const S: &'static str = concat!($str, "\0");
-        const C: &'static $crate::str::CStr =
-            match $crate::str::CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(S.as_bytes()) {
-                Ok(v) => v,
-                Err(core::ffi::FromBytesWithNulError { .. }) => {
-                    panic!("string contains interior NUL")
-                }
-            };
+        const C: &'static core::ffi::CStr = match core::ffi::CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(S.as_bytes())
+        {
+            Ok(v) => v,
+            Err(core::ffi::FromBytesWithNulError { .. }) => {
+                panic!("string contains interior NUL")
+            }
+        };
         C
     }};
 }
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/condvar.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/condvar.rs
index 7901aa040f0e..b23544e24a0e 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/condvar.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/condvar.rs
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@
     ffi::{c_int, c_long},
     init::PinInit,
     pin_init,
-    str::{CStr, CStrExt as _},
+    str::CStrExt as _,
     task::{MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, TASK_NORMAL, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE},
     time::Jiffies,
     types::Opaque,
 };
+use core::ffi::CStr;
 use core::marker::PhantomPinned;
 use core::ptr;
 use macros::pin_data;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
index 37f1a6a53b12..711773c877cc 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 use crate::{
     init::PinInit,
     pin_init,
-    str::{CStr, CStrExt as _},
+    str::CStrExt as _,
     types::{NotThreadSafe, Opaque, ScopeGuard},
 };
-use core::{cell::UnsafeCell, marker::PhantomPinned};
+use core::{cell::UnsafeCell, ffi::CStr, marker::PhantomPinned};
 use macros::pin_data;
 
 pub mod mutex;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/global.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/global.rs
index 4a040c29faee..7d6d1abf9279 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/global.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/global.rs
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@
 //! Support for defining statics containing locks.
 
 use crate::{
-    str::{CStr, CStrExt as _},
+    str::CStrExt as _,
     sync::lock::{Backend, Guard, Lock},
     sync::{LockClassKey, LockedBy},
     types::Opaque,
 };
 use core::{
     cell::UnsafeCell,
+    ffi::CStr,
     marker::{PhantomData, PhantomPinned},
 };
 
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ macro_rules! global_lock {
         $pub enum $name {}
 
         impl $crate::sync::lock::GlobalLockBackend for $name {
-            const NAME: &'static $crate::str::CStr =
+            const NAME: &'static core::ffi::CStr =
                 $crate::c_str_avoid_literals!(::core::stringify!($name));
             type Item = $valuety;
             type Backend = $crate::global_lock_inner!(backend $kind);
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/poll.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/poll.rs
index d5f17153b424..3349f48725f2 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/poll.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/poll.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     sync::{CondVar, LockClassKey},
     types::Opaque,
 };
+use core::ffi::CStr;
 use core::ops::Deref;
 
 /// Creates a [`PollCondVar`] initialiser with the given name and a newly-created lock class.
diff --git a/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs b/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs
index 0cd100d2aefb..25723207c2be 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
 
 use crate::alloc::{AllocError, Flags};
 use crate::{prelude::*, sync::Arc, sync::LockClassKey, types::Opaque};
+use core::ffi::CStr;
 use core::marker::PhantomData;
 
 /// Creates a [`Work`] initialiser with the given name and a newly-created lock class.
diff --git a/rust/macros/module.rs b/rust/macros/module.rs
index a534fabd29d6..7f81cbbcc4ef 100644
--- a/rust/macros/module.rs
+++ b/rust/macros/module.rs
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ pub(crate) fn module(ts: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
             }};
 
             impl kernel::ModuleMetadata for {type_} {{
-                const NAME: &'static kernel::str::CStr = c\"{name}\";
+                const NAME: &'static core::ffi::CStr = c\"{name}\";
             }}
 
             // Double nested modules, since then nobody can access the public items inside.
