diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index bde39f2ff6e5..0137af1c0916 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -473,7 +473,16 @@ static int xs_nospace(struct rpc_task *task)
 	spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
 
 	/* Race breaker in case memory is freed before above code is called */
-	sk->sk_write_space(sk);
+	if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
+		struct socket_wq *wq;
+
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		wq = rcu_dereference(sk->sk_wq);
+		set_bit(SOCKWQ_ASYNC_NOSPACE, &wq->flags);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+
+		sk->sk_write_space(sk);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }