diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index 1d9ac4a..cc385b3 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@
 		len = qword_get(&mesg, buf, mlen);
 		if (len < 0)
 			goto out;
-		status = gss_import_sec_context(buf, len, gm, &rsci.mechctx);
+		status = gss_import_sec_context(buf, len, gm, &rsci.mechctx, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (status)
 			goto out;