diff --git a/kmod/src/net.c b/kmod/src/net.c
index 98aae7b4..fae167f8 100644
--- a/kmod/src/net.c
+++ b/kmod/src/net.c
@@ -1360,6 +1360,7 @@ int scoutfs_net_bind(struct super_block *sb,
 {
 	struct socket *sock = NULL;
 	int addrlen;
+	int optval;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* caller state machine shouldn't let this happen */
@@ -1370,6 +1371,12 @@ int scoutfs_net_bind(struct super_block *sb,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
+	optval = 1;
+	ret = kernel_setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR,
+				(char *)&optval, sizeof(optval));
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
 	addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
 	ret = kernel_bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)sin, addrlen);
 	if (ret)