diff --git a/rust/kernel/init.rs b/rust/kernel/init.rs
index 7fd1ea8265a5..8bbd5e3398fc 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/init.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/init.rs
@@ -1418,17 +1418,14 @@ impl_zeroable! {
     // SAFETY: `T: Zeroable` and `UnsafeCell` is `repr(transparent)`.
     {<T: ?Sized + Zeroable>} UnsafeCell<T>,
 
-    // SAFETY: All zeros is equivalent to `None` (option layout optimization guarantee).
+    // SAFETY: All zeros is equivalent to `None` (option layout optimization guarantee:
+    // https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/option/index.html#representation).
     Option<NonZeroU8>, Option<NonZeroU16>, Option<NonZeroU32>, Option<NonZeroU64>,
     Option<NonZeroU128>, Option<NonZeroUsize>,
     Option<NonZeroI8>, Option<NonZeroI16>, Option<NonZeroI32>, Option<NonZeroI64>,
     Option<NonZeroI128>, Option<NonZeroIsize>,
-
-    // SAFETY: All zeros is equivalent to `None` (option layout optimization guarantee).
-    //
-    // In this case we are allowed to use `T: ?Sized`, since all zeros is the `None` variant.
-    {<T: ?Sized>} Option<NonNull<T>>,
-    {<T: ?Sized>} Option<KBox<T>>,
+    {<T>} Option<NonNull<T>>,
+    {<T>} Option<KBox<T>>,
 
     // SAFETY: `null` pointer is valid.
     //