diff --git a/kmod/src/net.c b/kmod/src/net.c
index 7a104c4f..93478a5f 100644
--- a/kmod/src/net.c
+++ b/kmod/src/net.c
@@ -991,6 +991,8 @@ static void scoutfs_net_listen_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 		if (ret < 0)
 			break;
 
+		acc_sock->sk->sk_allocation = GFP_NOFS;
+
 		/* inherit accepted request funcs from listening conn */
 		acc_conn = scoutfs_net_alloc_conn(sb, conn->notify_up,
 						  conn->notify_down,
@@ -1053,6 +1055,8 @@ static void scoutfs_net_connect_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
+	sock->sk->sk_allocation = GFP_NOFS;
+
 	/* caller specified connect timeout */
 	tv.tv_sec = conn->connect_timeout_ms / MSEC_PER_SEC;
 	tv.tv_usec = (conn->connect_timeout_ms % MSEC_PER_SEC) * USEC_PER_MSEC;
@@ -1450,6 +1454,8 @@ int scoutfs_net_bind(struct super_block *sb,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
+	sock->sk->sk_allocation = GFP_NOFS;
+
 	optval = 1;
 	ret = kernel_setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR,
 				(char *)&optval, sizeof(optval));