diff --git a/aya/src/maps/mod.rs b/aya/src/maps/mod.rs
index 849b14bc..21bb2b4c 100644
--- a/aya/src/maps/mod.rs
+++ b/aya/src/maps/mod.rs
@@ -60,9 +60,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use aya_obj::{EbpfSectionKind, InvalidTypeBinding, generated::bpf_map_type, parse_map_info};
-use libc::{
-    MAP_FAILED, RLIM_INFINITY, RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, c_int, c_void, getrlimit, off_t, rlim_t, rlimit,
-};
+use libc::{RLIM_INFINITY, RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, getrlimit, rlim_t, rlimit};
 use log::warn;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
@@ -71,7 +69,7 @@ use crate::{
     pin::PinError,
     sys::{
         SyscallError, bpf_create_map, bpf_get_object, bpf_map_freeze, bpf_map_get_fd_by_id,
-        bpf_map_get_next_key, bpf_map_update_elem_ptr, bpf_pin_object, mmap, munmap,
+        bpf_map_get_next_key, bpf_map_update_elem_ptr, bpf_pin_object,
     },
     util::{KernelVersion, nr_cpus},
 };
@@ -944,62 +942,6 @@ impl<T: Pod> Deref for PerCpuValues<T> {
     }
 }
 
-// MMap corresponds to a memory-mapped region.
-//
-// The data is unmapped in Drop.
-#[cfg_attr(test, derive(Debug))]
-struct MMap {
-    ptr: ptr::NonNull<c_void>,
-    len: usize,
-}
-
-// Needed because NonNull<T> is !Send and !Sync out of caution that the data
-// might be aliased unsafely.
-unsafe impl Send for MMap {}
-unsafe impl Sync for MMap {}
-
-impl MMap {
-    fn new(
-        fd: BorrowedFd<'_>,
-        len: usize,
-        prot: c_int,
-        flags: c_int,
-        offset: off_t,
-    ) -> Result<Self, SyscallError> {
-        match unsafe { mmap(ptr::null_mut(), len, prot, flags, fd, offset) } {
-            MAP_FAILED => Err(SyscallError {
-                call: "mmap",
-                io_error: io::Error::last_os_error(),
-            }),
-            ptr => {
-                let ptr = ptr::NonNull::new(ptr).ok_or(
-                    // This should never happen, but to be paranoid, and so we never need to talk
-                    // about a null pointer, we check it anyway.
-                    SyscallError {
-                        call: "mmap",
-                        io_error: io::Error::other("mmap returned null pointer"),
-                    },
-                )?;
-                Ok(Self { ptr, len })
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl AsRef<[u8]> for MMap {
-    fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        let Self { ptr, len } = self;
-        unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(ptr.as_ptr().cast(), *len) }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Drop for MMap {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        let Self { ptr, len } = *self;
-        unsafe { munmap(ptr.as_ptr(), len) };
-    }
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test_utils {
     use aya_obj::{
diff --git a/aya/src/maps/perf/perf_buffer.rs b/aya/src/maps/perf/perf_buffer.rs
index 27554ac7..2b4a26a0 100644
--- a/aya/src/maps/perf/perf_buffer.rs
+++ b/aya/src/maps/perf/perf_buffer.rs
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ use bytes::BytesMut;
 use libc::{MAP_SHARED, PROT_READ, PROT_WRITE};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
-use crate::{
-    maps::MMap,
-    sys::{PerfEventIoctlRequest, SyscallError, perf_event_ioctl, perf_event_open_bpf},
+use crate::sys::{
+    MMap, PerfEventIoctlRequest, SyscallError, perf_event_ioctl, perf_event_open_bpf,
 };
 
 /// Perf buffer error.
diff --git a/aya/src/maps/ring_buf.rs b/aya/src/maps/ring_buf.rs
index e455329f..5c9bf3ae 100644
--- a/aya/src/maps/ring_buf.rs
+++ b/aya/src/maps/ring_buf.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ use aya_obj::generated::{BPF_RINGBUF_BUSY_BIT, BPF_RINGBUF_DISCARD_BIT, BPF_RING
 use libc::{MAP_SHARED, PROT_READ, PROT_WRITE};
 
 use crate::{
-    maps::{MMap, MapData, MapError},
+    maps::{MapData, MapError},
+    sys::MMap,
     util::page_size,
 };
 
diff --git a/aya/src/sys/mmap.rs b/aya/src/sys/mmap.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30ff0911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aya/src/sys/mmap.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+//! Safe wrapper around memory-mapped files.
+
+use std::{io, os::fd::BorrowedFd, ptr};
+
+use libc::{MAP_FAILED, c_int, c_void, off_t};
+
+use super::{SyscallError, mmap, munmap};
+
+// MMap corresponds to a memory-mapped region.
+//
+// The data is unmapped in Drop.
+#[cfg_attr(test, derive(Debug))]
+pub(crate) struct MMap {
+    pub(crate) ptr: ptr::NonNull<c_void>,
+    pub(crate) len: usize,
+}
+
+// Needed because NonNull<T> is !Send and !Sync out of caution that the data
+// might be aliased unsafely.
+unsafe impl Send for MMap {}
+unsafe impl Sync for MMap {}
+
+impl MMap {
+    pub(crate) fn new(
+        fd: BorrowedFd<'_>,
+        len: usize,
+        prot: c_int,
+        flags: c_int,
+        offset: off_t,
+    ) -> Result<Self, SyscallError> {
+        match unsafe { mmap(ptr::null_mut(), len, prot, flags, fd, offset) } {
+            MAP_FAILED => Err(SyscallError {
+                call: "mmap",
+                io_error: io::Error::last_os_error(),
+            }),
+            ptr => {
+                let ptr = ptr::NonNull::new(ptr).ok_or(
+                    // This should never happen, but to be paranoid, and so we never need to talk
+                    // about a null pointer, we check it anyway.
+                    SyscallError {
+                        call: "mmap",
+                        io_error: io::Error::other("mmap returned null pointer"),
+                    },
+                )?;
+                Ok(Self { ptr, len })
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRef<[u8]> for MMap {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        let Self { ptr, len } = self;
+        unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(ptr.as_ptr().cast(), *len) }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for MMap {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let Self { ptr, len } = *self;
+        unsafe { munmap(ptr.as_ptr(), len) };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/aya/src/sys/mod.rs b/aya/src/sys/mod.rs
index f8c8944b..f1857ae1 100644
--- a/aya/src/sys/mod.rs
+++ b/aya/src/sys/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //! A collection of system calls for performing eBPF related operations.
 
 mod bpf;
+mod mmap;
 mod netlink;
 mod perf_event;
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ use aya_obj::generated::{bpf_attr, bpf_cmd, perf_event_attr};
 pub(crate) use bpf::*;
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub(crate) use fake::*;
+pub(crate) use mmap::*;
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub use netlink::netlink_set_link_up;
 pub(crate) use netlink::*;