diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 5b6b6ca43825..5b0cb5592867 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ empty_structs_with_brackets = "deny"
 ignored_unit_patterns = "deny"
 implicit_clone = "deny"
 macro_use_imports = "deny"
-missing_const_for_fn = "deny"
 missing_safety_doc = "deny"
 multiple_crate_versions = "deny"
 mut_mut = "deny"
diff --git a/rust/qemu-api/src/lib.rs b/rust/qemu-api/src/lib.rs
index 83c6a987c059..3cf9371cff05 100644
--- a/rust/qemu-api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/qemu-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 #![cfg_attr(not(MESON), doc = include_str!("../README.md"))]
+#![deny(clippy::missing_const_for_fn)]
 
 #[rustfmt::skip]
 pub mod bindings;