diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 86ed778bb18b2bc27d204f88e3afbb15440964c2..723df7cb096df82d812c2eccf82cb798da1faa4a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ static int xs_local_finish_connecting(struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
 		sk->sk_data_ready = xs_local_data_ready;
 		sk->sk_write_space = xs_udp_write_space;
 		sk->sk_error_report = xs_error_report;
-		sk->sk_allocation = GFP_ATOMIC;
+		sk->sk_allocation = GFP_NOIO;
 
 		xprt_clear_connected(xprt);
 
@@ -2051,7 +2051,7 @@ static void xs_udp_finish_connecting(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct socket *sock)
 		sk->sk_user_data = xprt;
 		sk->sk_data_ready = xs_udp_data_ready;
 		sk->sk_write_space = xs_udp_write_space;
-		sk->sk_allocation = GFP_ATOMIC;
+		sk->sk_allocation = GFP_NOIO;
 
 		xprt_set_connected(xprt);
 
@@ -2153,7 +2153,7 @@ static int xs_tcp_finish_connecting(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct socket *sock)
 		sk->sk_state_change = xs_tcp_state_change;
 		sk->sk_write_space = xs_tcp_write_space;
 		sk->sk_error_report = xs_error_report;
-		sk->sk_allocation = GFP_ATOMIC;
+		sk->sk_allocation = GFP_NOIO;
 
 		/* socket options */
 		sock_reset_flag(sk, SOCK_LINGER);