diff --git a/rust/kernel/file_operations.rs b/rust/kernel/file_operations.rs
index f54ddd0b1da092..da13d4b6b0dbf7 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/file_operations.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/file_operations.rs
@@ -520,6 +520,12 @@ pub trait FileOpener<T: ?Sized>: FileOperations {
     fn open(context: &T) -> KernelResult<Self::Wrapper>;
 }
 
+impl<T: FileOperations<Wrapper = Box<T>> + Default> FileOpener<()> for T {
+    fn open(_: &()) -> KernelResult<Self::Wrapper> {
+        Ok(Box::try_new(T::default())?)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Corresponds to the kernel's `struct file_operations`.
 ///
 /// You implement this trait whenever you would create a `struct file_operations`.
@@ -532,7 +538,7 @@ pub trait FileOperations: Send + Sync + Sized {
     const TO_USE: ToUse;
 
     /// The pointer type that will be used to hold ourselves.
-    type Wrapper: PointerWrapper<Self>;
+    type Wrapper: PointerWrapper<Self> = Box<Self>;
 
     /// Cleans up after the last reference to the file goes away.
     ///
diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index c9ffeaae18a00f..8f5a637f41672d 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #![feature(
     allocator_api,
     alloc_error_handler,
+    associated_type_defaults,
     const_fn,
     const_mut_refs,
     const_panic,
diff --git a/samples/rust/rust_chrdev.rs b/samples/rust/rust_chrdev.rs
index e3231c4f45046c..78423b1e3d116f 100644
--- a/samples/rust/rust_chrdev.rs
+++ b/samples/rust/rust_chrdev.rs
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@
 use alloc::boxed::Box;
 use core::pin::Pin;
 use kernel::prelude::*;
-use kernel::{
-    chrdev, cstr,
-    file_operations::{FileOpener, FileOperations},
-};
+use kernel::{chrdev, cstr, file_operations::FileOperations};
 
 module! {
     type: RustChrdev,
@@ -23,18 +20,10 @@ module! {
     },
 }
 
+#[derive(Default)]
 struct RustFile;
 
-impl FileOpener<()> for RustFile {
-    fn open(_ctx: &()) -> KernelResult<Self::Wrapper> {
-        pr_info!("rust file was opened!\n");
-        Ok(Box::try_new(Self)?)
-    }
-}
-
 impl FileOperations for RustFile {
-    type Wrapper = Box<Self>;
-
     kernel::declare_file_operations!();
 }