diff --git a/net/sunrpc/addr.c b/net/sunrpc/addr.c
index 4195233..23cd19d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/addr.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/addr.c
@@ -255,12 +255,13 @@
 /**
  * rpc_sockaddr2uaddr - Construct a universal address string from @sap.
  * @sap: socket address
+ * @gfp_flags: allocation mode
  *
  * Returns a %NUL-terminated string in dynamically allocated memory;
  * otherwise NULL is returned if an error occurred.  Caller must
  * free the returned string.
  */
-char *rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(const struct sockaddr *sap)
+char *rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(const struct sockaddr *sap, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
 	char portbuf[RPCBIND_MAXUADDRPLEN];
 	char addrbuf[RPCBIND_MAXUADDRLEN];
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@
 	if (strlcat(addrbuf, portbuf, sizeof(addrbuf)) > sizeof(addrbuf))
 		return NULL;
 
-	return kstrdup(addrbuf, GFP_KERNEL);
+	return kstrdup(addrbuf, gfp_flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpc_sockaddr2uaddr);
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
index e45d2fb..f588b85 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
 	unsigned short port = ntohs(sin->sin_port);
 	int result;
 
-	map->r_addr = rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(sap);
+	map->r_addr = rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(sap, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	dprintk("RPC:       %sregistering [%u, %u, %s, '%s'] with "
 		"local rpcbind\n", (port ? "" : "un"),
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@
 	unsigned short port = ntohs(sin6->sin6_port);
 	int result;
 
-	map->r_addr = rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(sap);
+	map->r_addr = rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(sap, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	dprintk("RPC:       %sregistering [%u, %u, %s, '%s'] with "
 		"local rpcbind\n", (port ? "" : "un"),
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@
 	case RPCBVERS_4:
 	case RPCBVERS_3:
 		map->r_netid = rpc_peeraddr2str(clnt, RPC_DISPLAY_NETID);
-		map->r_addr = rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(sap);
+		map->r_addr = rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(sap, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		map->r_owner = "";
 		break;
 	case RPCBVERS_2: