diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index 25578afe15489b419409af91c97d396fdcb6404f..c0365c14b858711d7e579308aa3452e4d94701c6 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -832,7 +832,8 @@ static void rpc_async_schedule(struct work_struct *work)
  * @size: requested byte size
  *
  * To prevent rpciod from hanging, this allocator never sleeps,
- * returning NULL if the request cannot be serviced immediately.
+ * returning NULL and suppressing warning if the request cannot be serviced
+ * immediately.
  * The caller can arrange to sleep in a way that is safe for rpciod.
  *
  * Most requests are 'small' (under 2KiB) and can be serviced from a
@@ -845,7 +846,7 @@ static void rpc_async_schedule(struct work_struct *work)
 void *rpc_malloc(struct rpc_task *task, size_t size)
 {
 	struct rpc_buffer *buf;
-	gfp_t gfp = GFP_NOWAIT;
+	gfp_t gfp = GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NOWARN;
 
 	if (RPC_IS_SWAPPER(task))
 		gfp |= __GFP_MEMALLOC;