diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index aa5225742a14..a2a5941bb36f 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1921,7 +1921,10 @@ config RUSTC_VERSION_TEXT
 config BINDGEN_VERSION_TEXT
 	string
 	depends on RUST
-	default $(shell,command -v $(BINDGEN) >/dev/null 2>&1 && $(BINDGEN) --version || echo n)
+	# The dummy parameter `workaround-for-0.69.0` is required to support 0.69.0
+	# (https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/pull/2678). It can be removed when
+	# the minimum version is upgraded past that (0.69.1 already fixed the issue).
+	default $(shell,command -v $(BINDGEN) >/dev/null 2>&1 && $(BINDGEN) --version workaround-for-0.69.0 || echo n)
 
 #
 # Place an empty function call at each tracepoint site. Can be
diff --git a/scripts/rust_is_available.sh b/scripts/rust_is_available.sh
index 117018946b57..a6fdcf13e0e5 100755
--- a/scripts/rust_is_available.sh
+++ b/scripts/rust_is_available.sh
@@ -129,8 +129,12 @@ fi
 # Check that the Rust bindings generator is suitable.
 #
 # Non-stable and distributions' versions may have a version suffix, e.g. `-dev`.
+#
+# The dummy parameter `workaround-for-0.69.0` is required to support 0.69.0
+# (https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/pull/2678). It can be removed when
+# the minimum version is upgraded past that (0.69.1 already fixed the issue).
 rust_bindings_generator_output=$( \
-	LC_ALL=C "$BINDGEN" --version 2>/dev/null
+	LC_ALL=C "$BINDGEN" --version workaround-for-0.69.0 2>/dev/null
 ) || rust_bindings_generator_code=$?
 if [ -n "$rust_bindings_generator_code" ]; then
 	echo >&2 "***"