diff --git a/drivers/android/transaction.rs b/drivers/android/transaction.rs
index 9c7eb94291700d..94de80dc6f0383 100644
--- a/drivers/android/transaction.rs
+++ b/drivers/android/transaction.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use alloc::sync::Arc;
 use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use kernel::{
     io_buffer::IoBufferWriter, linked_list::Links, prelude::*, sync::Ref,
-    user_ptr::UserSlicePtrWriter,
+    user_ptr::UserSlicePtrWriter, ScopeGuard,
 };
 
 use crate::{
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ impl DeliverToRead for Transaction {
             pub sender_pid: pid_t,
             pub sender_euid: uid_t,
         */
+        let send_failed_reply = ScopeGuard::new(|| {
+            let reply = Either::Right(BR_FAILED_REPLY);
+            self.from.deliver_reply(reply, &self);
+        });
         let mut tr = BinderTransactionData::default();
 
         if let Some(nref) = &self.node_ref {
@@ -171,13 +175,13 @@ impl DeliverToRead for Transaction {
             BR_TRANSACTION
         };
 
-        // Write the transaction code and data to the user buffer. On failure we complete the
-        // transaction with an error.
-        if let Err(err) = writer.write(&code).and_then(|_| writer.write(&tr)) {
-            let reply = Either::Right(BR_FAILED_REPLY);
-            self.from.deliver_reply(reply, &self);
-            return Err(err);
-        }
+        // Write the transaction code and data to the user buffer.
+        writer.write(&code)?;
+        writer.write(&tr)?;
+
+        // Dismiss the completion of transaction with a failure. No failure paths are allowed from
+        // here on out.
+        send_failed_reply.dismiss();
 
         // When this is not a reply and not an async transaction, update `current_transaction`. If
         // it's a reply, `current_transaction` has already been updated appropriately.
diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index 79a4779f4612b0..2c3faf48cc8d33 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ pub mod user_ptr;
 pub use build_error::build_error;
 
 pub use crate::error::{Error, Result};
-pub use crate::types::Mode;
+pub use crate::types::{Mode, ScopeGuard};
 
 /// Page size defined in terms of the `PAGE_SHIFT` macro from C.
 ///
diff --git a/rust/kernel/types.rs b/rust/kernel/types.rs
index 63d8477acb9183..12ce3ef6aac651 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/types.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/types.rs
@@ -91,3 +91,66 @@ impl<T: PointerWrapper + Deref> PointerWrapper for Pin<T> {
         Pin::new_unchecked(T::from_pointer(p))
     }
 }
+
+/// Runs a cleanup function/closure when dropped.
+///
+/// The [`ScopeGuard::dismiss`] function prevents the cleanup function from running.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// In the example below, we have multiple exit paths and we want to log regardless of which one is
+/// taken:
+/// ```
+/// fn example1(arg: bool) {
+///     let _log = ScopeGuard::new(|| pr_info!("example1 completed\n"));
+///
+///     if arg {
+///         return;
+///     }
+///
+///     // Do something...
+/// }
+/// ```
+///
+/// In the example below, we want to log the same message on all early exits but a different one on
+/// the main exit path:
+/// ```
+/// fn example2(arg: bool) {
+///     let log = ScopeGuard::new(|| pr_info!("example2 returned early\n"));
+///
+///     if arg {
+///         return;
+///     }
+///
+///     // (Other early returns...)
+///
+///     log.dismiss();
+///     pr_info!("example2 no early return\n");
+/// }
+/// ```
+pub struct ScopeGuard<T: FnOnce()> {
+    cleanup_func: Option<T>,
+}
+
+impl<T: FnOnce()> ScopeGuard<T> {
+    /// Creates a new cleanup object with the given cleanup function.
+    pub fn new(cleanup_func: T) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            cleanup_func: Some(cleanup_func),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Prevents the cleanup function from running.
+    pub fn dismiss(mut self) {
+        self.cleanup_func.take();
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: FnOnce()> Drop for ScopeGuard<T> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // Run the cleanup function if one is still present.
+        if let Some(cleanup) = self.cleanup_func.take() {
+            cleanup();
+        }
+    }
+}