diff --git a/include/zephyr/shell/shell_uart.h b/include/zephyr/shell/shell_uart.h
index 2b157aac6e7..5032c56f65e 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/shell/shell_uart.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/shell/shell_uart.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #ifndef SHELL_UART_H__
 #define SHELL_UART_H__
 
+#include <zephyr/mgmt/mcumgr/transport/smp_shell.h>
 #include <zephyr/shell/shell.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
@@ -23,6 +24,13 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 const struct shell *shell_backend_uart_get_ptr(void);
 
+/**
+ * @brief This function provides pointer to the smp shell data of the UART shell transport.
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the smp shell data.
+ */
+struct smp_shell_data *shell_uart_smp_shell_data_get_ptr(void);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/subsys/mgmt/mcumgr/transport/src/smp_shell.c b/subsys/mgmt/mcumgr/transport/src/smp_shell.c
index fc04bcd75c4..527ab2e47fa 100644
--- a/subsys/mgmt/mcumgr/transport/src/smp_shell.c
+++ b/subsys/mgmt/mcumgr/transport/src/smp_shell.c
@@ -59,13 +59,10 @@ enum smp_shell_mcumgr_state {
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MCUMGR_TRANSPORT_SHELL_INPUT_TIMEOUT
-extern struct shell_transport shell_transport_uart;
-
 static void smp_shell_input_timeout_handler(struct k_timer *timer)
 {
 	ARG_UNUSED(timer);
-	struct shell_uart *sh_uart = (struct shell_uart *)shell_transport_uart.ctx;
-	struct smp_shell_data *const data = &sh_uart->ctrl_blk->smp;
+	struct smp_shell_data *const data = shell_uart_smp_shell_data_get_ptr();
 
 	atomic_clear_bit(&data->esc_state, ESC_MCUMGR_PKT_1);
 	atomic_clear_bit(&data->esc_state, ESC_MCUMGR_PKT_2);
diff --git a/subsys/shell/backends/shell_uart.c b/subsys/shell/backends/shell_uart.c
index b06cc4a09b8..5e4e3bd2c95 100644
--- a/subsys/shell/backends/shell_uart.c
+++ b/subsys/shell/backends/shell_uart.c
@@ -554,6 +554,10 @@ static int read(const struct shell_transport *transport,
 #ifdef CONFIG_MCUMGR_TRANSPORT_SHELL
 static void update(const struct shell_transport *transport)
 {
+	/*
+	 * This is dependent on the fact that `struct shell_uart_common`
+	 * is always the first member, regardless of the UART configuration
+	 */
 	struct shell_uart_common *sh_uart = (struct shell_uart_common *)transport->ctx;
 
 	smp_shell_process(&sh_uart->smp);
@@ -583,6 +587,15 @@ SHELL_DEFINE(shell_uart, CONFIG_SHELL_PROMPT_UART, &shell_transport_uart,
 	     CONFIG_SHELL_BACKEND_SERIAL_LOG_MESSAGE_QUEUE_TIMEOUT,
 	     SHELL_FLAG_OLF_CRLF);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MCUMGR_TRANSPORT_SHELL
+struct smp_shell_data *shell_uart_smp_shell_data_get_ptr(void)
+{
+	struct shell_uart_common *common = (struct shell_uart_common *)shell_transport_uart.ctx;
+
+	return &common->smp;
+}
+#endif
+
 static int enable_shell_uart(void)
 {
 	const struct device *const dev = DEVICE_DT_GET(DT_CHOSEN(zephyr_shell_uart));