diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 763b6792d3d5..cd232594b2a7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1478,7 +1478,8 @@ endif # CONFIG_MODULES
 CLEAN_FILES += vmlinux.symvers modules-only.symvers \
 	       modules.builtin modules.builtin.modinfo modules.nsdeps \
 	       compile_commands.json .thinlto-cache rust/test \
-	       rust-project.json .vmlinux.objs .vmlinux.export.c
+	       rust/helpers/helpers_combined.c rust-project.json \
+	       .vmlinux.objs .vmlinux.export.c

 # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper'
 MRPROPER_FILES += include/config include/generated          \
diff --git a/rust/Makefile b/rust/Makefile
index ca86abac4ed0..71faf420b092 100644
--- a/rust/Makefile
+++ b/rust/Makefile
@@ -6,10 +6,22 @@ rustdoc_output := $(objtree)/Documentation/output/rust/rustdoc
 obj-$(CONFIG_RUST) += core.o compiler_builtins.o
 always-$(CONFIG_RUST) += exports_core_generated.h

-# Missing prototypes are expected in the helpers since these are exported
-# for Rust only, thus there is no header nor prototypes.
-obj-$(CONFIG_RUST) += helpers.o
-CFLAGS_REMOVE_helpers.o = -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations
+RUST_HELPERS := \
+	bug \
+	build_assert \
+	build_bug \
+	err \
+	kunit \
+	mutex \
+	refcount \
+	signal \
+	spinlock\
+	task \
+	wait \
+	workqueue
+
+export RUST_HELPERS
+obj-y += helpers/

 always-$(CONFIG_RUST) += libmacros.so
 no-clean-files += libmacros.so
@@ -329,6 +341,10 @@ quiet_cmd_bindgen = BINDGEN $@
 		-o $@ -- $(bindgen_c_flags_final) -DMODULE \
 		$(bindgen_target_cflags) $(bindgen_target_extra)

+quiet_cmd_cat = CAT     $@
+      cmd_cat = \
+	cat $(patsubst %,$(srctree)/$(src)/helpers/%.c, $(RUST_HELPERS)) > $@
+
 $(obj)/bindings/bindings_generated.rs: private bindgen_target_flags = \
     $(shell grep -Ev '^#|^$$' $(srctree)/$(src)/bindgen_parameters)
 $(obj)/bindings/bindings_generated.rs: private bindgen_target_extra = ; \
@@ -343,9 +359,9 @@ $(obj)/uapi/uapi_generated.rs: $(src)/uapi/uapi_helper.h \
     $(src)/bindgen_parameters FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,bindgen)

-# See `CFLAGS_REMOVE_helpers.o` above. In addition, Clang on C does not warn
-# with `-Wmissing-declarations` (unlike GCC), so it is not strictly needed here
-# given it is `libclang`; but for consistency, future Clang changes and/or
+# See `ccflags-remove-y` in `helpers/Makefile`. In addition, Clang on C does not
+# warn with `-Wmissing-declarations` (unlike GCC), so it is not strictly needed
+# here given it is `libclang`; but for consistency, future Clang changes and/or
 # a potential future GCC backend for `bindgen`, we disable it too.
 $(obj)/bindings/bindings_helpers_generated.rs: private bindgen_target_flags = \
     --blocklist-type '.*' --allowlist-var '' \
@@ -354,9 +370,13 @@ $(obj)/bindings/bindings_helpers_generated.rs: private bindgen_target_cflags = \
     -I$(objtree)/$(obj) -Wno-missing-prototypes -Wno-missing-declarations
 $(obj)/bindings/bindings_helpers_generated.rs: private bindgen_target_extra = ; \
     sed -Ei 's/pub fn rust_helper_([a-zA-Z0-9_]*)/#[link_name="rust_helper_\1"]\n    pub fn \1/g' $@
-$(obj)/bindings/bindings_helpers_generated.rs: $(src)/helpers.c FORCE
+$(obj)/bindings/bindings_helpers_generated.rs: $(obj)/helpers/helpers_combined.c FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,bindgen)

+targets += helpers/helpers_combined.c
+$(obj)/helpers/helpers_combined.c: $(patsubst %,$(src)/helpers/%.c, $(RUST_HELPERS)) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,cat)
+
 quiet_cmd_exports = EXPORTS $@
       cmd_exports = \
 	$(NM) -p --defined-only $< \
diff --git a/rust/helpers.c b/rust/helpers.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c8b7b92a4f4..000000000000
--- a/rust/helpers.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,180 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-/*
- * Non-trivial C macros cannot be used in Rust. Similarly, inlined C functions
- * cannot be called either. This file explicitly creates functions ("helpers")
- * that wrap those so that they can be called from Rust.
- *
- * Even though Rust kernel modules should never use the bindings directly, some
- * of these helpers need to be exported because Rust generics and inlined
- * functions may not get their code generated in the crate where they are
- * defined. Other helpers, called from non-inline functions, may not be
- * exported, in principle. However, in general, the Rust compiler does not
- * guarantee codegen will be performed for a non-inline function either.
- * Therefore, this file exports all the helpers. In the future, this may be
- * revisited to reduce the number of exports after the compiler is informed
- * about the places codegen is required.
- *
- * All symbols are exported as GPL-only to guarantee no GPL-only feature is
- * accidentally exposed.
- *
- * Sorted alphabetically.
- */
-
-#include <kunit/test-bug.h>
-#include <linux/bug.h>
-#include <linux/build_bug.h>
-#include <linux/err.h>
-#include <linux/errname.h>
-#include <linux/mutex.h>
-#include <linux/refcount.h>
-#include <linux/sched/signal.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include <linux/wait.h>
-#include <linux/workqueue.h>
-
-__noreturn void rust_helper_BUG(void)
-{
-	BUG();
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_BUG);
-
-void rust_helper_mutex_lock(struct mutex *lock)
-{
-	mutex_lock(lock);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_mutex_lock);
-
-void rust_helper___spin_lock_init(spinlock_t *lock, const char *name,
-				  struct lock_class_key *key)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK
-	__raw_spin_lock_init(spinlock_check(lock), name, key, LD_WAIT_CONFIG);
-#else
-	spin_lock_init(lock);
-#endif
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper___spin_lock_init);
-
-void rust_helper_spin_lock(spinlock_t *lock)
-{
-	spin_lock(lock);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_spin_lock);
-
-void rust_helper_spin_unlock(spinlock_t *lock)
-{
-	spin_unlock(lock);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_spin_unlock);
-
-void rust_helper_init_wait(struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry)
-{
-	init_wait(wq_entry);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_init_wait);
-
-int rust_helper_signal_pending(struct task_struct *t)
-{
-	return signal_pending(t);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_signal_pending);
-
-refcount_t rust_helper_REFCOUNT_INIT(int n)
-{
-	return (refcount_t)REFCOUNT_INIT(n);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_REFCOUNT_INIT);
-
-void rust_helper_refcount_inc(refcount_t *r)
-{
-	refcount_inc(r);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_refcount_inc);
-
-bool rust_helper_refcount_dec_and_test(refcount_t *r)
-{
-	return refcount_dec_and_test(r);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_refcount_dec_and_test);
-
-__force void *rust_helper_ERR_PTR(long err)
-{
-	return ERR_PTR(err);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_ERR_PTR);
-
-bool rust_helper_IS_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
-{
-	return IS_ERR(ptr);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_IS_ERR);
-
-long rust_helper_PTR_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
-{
-	return PTR_ERR(ptr);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_PTR_ERR);
-
-const char *rust_helper_errname(int err)
-{
-	return errname(err);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_errname);
-
-struct task_struct *rust_helper_get_current(void)
-{
-	return current;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_get_current);
-
-void rust_helper_get_task_struct(struct task_struct *t)
-{
-	get_task_struct(t);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_get_task_struct);
-
-void rust_helper_put_task_struct(struct task_struct *t)
-{
-	put_task_struct(t);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_put_task_struct);
-
-struct kunit *rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test(void)
-{
-	return kunit_get_current_test();
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test);
-
-void rust_helper_init_work_with_key(struct work_struct *work, work_func_t func,
-				    bool onstack, const char *name,
-				    struct lock_class_key *key)
-{
-	__init_work(work, onstack);
-	work->data = (atomic_long_t)WORK_DATA_INIT();
-	lockdep_init_map(&work->lockdep_map, name, key, 0);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&work->entry);
-	work->func = func;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_init_work_with_key);
-
-/*
- * `bindgen` binds the C `size_t` type as the Rust `usize` type, so we can
- * use it in contexts where Rust expects a `usize` like slice (array) indices.
- * `usize` is defined to be the same as C's `uintptr_t` type (can hold any
- * pointer) but not necessarily the same as `size_t` (can hold the size of any
- * single object). Most modern platforms use the same concrete integer type for
- * both of them, but in case we find ourselves on a platform where
- * that's not true, fail early instead of risking ABI or
- * integer-overflow issues.
- *
- * If your platform fails this assertion, it means that you are in
- * danger of integer-overflow bugs (even if you attempt to add
- * `--no-size_t-is-usize`). It may be easiest to change the kernel ABI on
- * your platform such that `size_t` matches `uintptr_t` (i.e., to increase
- * `size_t`, because `uintptr_t` has to be at least as big as `size_t`).
- */
-static_assert(
-	sizeof(size_t) == sizeof(uintptr_t) &&
-	__alignof__(size_t) == __alignof__(uintptr_t),
-	"Rust code expects C `size_t` to match Rust `usize`"
-);
diff --git a/rust/helpers/.gitignore b/rust/helpers/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b3e8bd345aec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/helpers/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+helpers_combined.c
diff --git a/rust/helpers/Makefile b/rust/helpers/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e03c7d7bd54d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/helpers/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+# Note: `RUST_HELPERS` is defined in `../Makefile`.
+
+# Missing prototypes are expected in the helpers since these are exported
+# for Rust only, thus there is no header nor prototypes.
+obj-$(CONFIG_RUST) += $(patsubst %,%.o, $(RUST_HELPERS))
+ccflags-remove-y += -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations
diff --git a/rust/helpers/README.md b/rust/helpers/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..256d37efc7c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/helpers/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Rust Helpers
+
+Non-trivial C macros cannot be used in Rust. Similarly, inlined C functions
+cannot be called either. The files in this directory explicitly create functions
+("helpers") that wrap those so that they can be called from Rust.
+
+Even though Rust kernel modules should never use the bindings directly, some
+of these helpers need to be exported because Rust generics and inlined
+functions may not get their code generated in the crate where they are
+defined. Other helpers, called from non-inline functions, may not be
+exported, in principle. However, in general, the Rust compiler does not
+guarantee codegen will be performed for a non-inline function either.
+Therefore, this file exports all the helpers. In the future, this may be
+revisited to reduce the number of exports after the compiler is informed
+about the places codegen is required.
+
+All symbols are exported as GPL-only to guarantee no GPL-only feature is
+accidentally exposed.
diff --git a/rust/helpers/bug.c b/rust/helpers/bug.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e2afbad23dcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/helpers/bug.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <linux/bug.h>
+
+__noreturn void rust_helper_BUG(void)
+{
+	BUG();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_BUG);
diff --git a/rust/helpers/build_assert.c b/rust/helpers/build_assert.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a54b2680b14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/helpers/build_assert.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <linux/build_bug.h>
+
+/*
+ * `bindgen` binds the C `size_t` type as the Rust `usize` type, so we can
+ * use it in contexts where Rust expects a `usize` like slice (array) indices.
+ * `usize` is defined to be the same as C's `uintptr_t` type (can hold any
+ * pointer) but not necessarily the same as `size_t` (can hold the size of any
+ * single object). Most modern platforms use the same concrete integer type for
+ * both of them, but in case we find ourselves on a platform where
+ * that's not true, fail early instead of risking ABI or
+ * integer-overflow issues.
+ *
+ * If your platform fails this assertion, it means that you are in
+ * danger of integer-overflow bugs (even if you attempt to add
+ * `--no-size_t-is-usize`). It may be easiest to change the kernel ABI on
+ * your platform such that `size_t` matches `uintptr_t` (i.e., to increase
+ * `size_t`, because `uintptr_t` has to be at least as big as `size_t`).
+ */
+static_assert(
+	sizeof(size_t) == sizeof(uintptr_t) &&
+	__alignof__(size_t) == __alignof__(uintptr_t),
+	"Rust code expects C `size_t` to match Rust `usize`"
+);
diff --git a/rust/helpers/build_bug.c b/rust/helpers/build_bug.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f3106f248485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/helpers/build_bug.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/errname.h>
+
+const char *rust_helper_errname(int err)
+{
+	return errname(err);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_errname);
diff --git a/rust/helpers/err.c b/rust/helpers/err.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fba4e0be64f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/helpers/err.c
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+
+__force void *rust_helper_ERR_PTR(long err)
+{
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_ERR_PTR);
+
+bool rust_helper_IS_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
+{
+	return IS_ERR(ptr);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_IS_ERR);
+
+long rust_helper_PTR_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
+{
+	return PTR_ERR(ptr);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_PTR_ERR);
diff --git a/rust/helpers/kunit.c b/rust/helpers/kunit.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..905e4ff4424a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/helpers/kunit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <kunit/test-bug.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+
+struct kunit *rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test(void)
+{
+	return kunit_get_current_test();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_kunit_get_current_test);
diff --git a/rust/helpers/mutex.c b/rust/helpers/mutex.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..29fd141c387d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/helpers/mutex.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+
+void rust_helper_mutex_lock(struct mutex *lock)
+{
+	mutex_lock(lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_mutex_lock);
diff --git a/rust/helpers/refcount.c b/rust/helpers/refcount.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..13ab64805f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/helpers/refcount.c
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
+
+refcount_t rust_helper_REFCOUNT_INIT(int n)
+{
+	return (refcount_t)REFCOUNT_INIT(n);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_REFCOUNT_INIT);
+
+void rust_helper_refcount_inc(refcount_t *r)
+{
+	refcount_inc(r);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_refcount_inc);
+
+bool rust_helper_refcount_dec_and_test(refcount_t *r)
+{
+	return refcount_dec_and_test(r);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_refcount_dec_and_test);
diff --git a/rust/helpers/signal.c b/rust/helpers/signal.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d44e8096b8a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/helpers/signal.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/sched/signal.h>
+
+int rust_helper_signal_pending(struct task_struct *t)
+{
+	return signal_pending(t);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_signal_pending);
diff --git a/rust/helpers/spinlock.c b/rust/helpers/spinlock.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..04fd8ddb4986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/helpers/spinlock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+
+void rust_helper___spin_lock_init(spinlock_t *lock, const char *name,
+				  struct lock_class_key *key)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK
+	__raw_spin_lock_init(spinlock_check(lock), name, key, LD_WAIT_CONFIG);
+#else
+	spin_lock_init(lock);
+#endif
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper___spin_lock_init);
+
+void rust_helper_spin_lock(spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+	spin_lock(lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_spin_lock);
+
+void rust_helper_spin_unlock(spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+	spin_unlock(lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_spin_unlock);
diff --git a/rust/helpers/task.c b/rust/helpers/task.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b176c347f0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/helpers/task.c
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/sched/task.h>
+
+struct task_struct *rust_helper_get_current(void)
+{
+	return current;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_get_current);
+
+void rust_helper_get_task_struct(struct task_struct *t)
+{
+	get_task_struct(t);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_get_task_struct);
+
+void rust_helper_put_task_struct(struct task_struct *t)
+{
+	put_task_struct(t);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_put_task_struct);
diff --git a/rust/helpers/wait.c b/rust/helpers/wait.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf361f40c7cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/helpers/wait.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/wait.h>
+
+void rust_helper_init_wait(struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry)
+{
+	init_wait(wq_entry);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_init_wait);
diff --git a/rust/helpers/workqueue.c b/rust/helpers/workqueue.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12e2ee66aa4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/helpers/workqueue.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+
+void rust_helper_init_work_with_key(struct work_struct *work, work_func_t func,
+				    bool onstack, const char *name,
+				    struct lock_class_key *key)
+{
+	__init_work(work, onstack);
+	work->data = (atomic_long_t)WORK_DATA_INIT();
+	lockdep_init_map(&work->lockdep_map, name, key, 0);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&work->entry);
+	work->func = func;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rust_helper_init_work_with_key);
