diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index a6c68dc086af..b90c5397b5e1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -1950,6 +1950,7 @@ static int xs_local_finish_connecting(struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
 		sk->sk_user_data = xprt;
 		sk->sk_data_ready = xs_data_ready;
 		sk->sk_write_space = xs_udp_write_space;
+		sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_FASYNC);
 		sk->sk_error_report = xs_error_report;
 		sk->sk_allocation = GFP_NOIO;
 
@@ -2136,6 +2137,7 @@ static void xs_udp_finish_connecting(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct socket *sock)
 		sk->sk_user_data = xprt;
 		sk->sk_data_ready = xs_data_ready;
 		sk->sk_write_space = xs_udp_write_space;
+		sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_FASYNC);
 		sk->sk_allocation = GFP_NOIO;
 
 		xprt_set_connected(xprt);
@@ -2237,6 +2239,7 @@ static int xs_tcp_finish_connecting(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct socket *sock)
 		sk->sk_data_ready = xs_tcp_data_ready;
 		sk->sk_state_change = xs_tcp_state_change;
 		sk->sk_write_space = xs_tcp_write_space;
+		sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_FASYNC);
 		sk->sk_error_report = xs_error_report;
 		sk->sk_allocation = GFP_NOIO;