diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 9b6cc6de80d8..570f96ad4527 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -1301,8 +1301,9 @@ static int __sctp_setsockopt_connectx(struct sock *sk,
 				      int addrs_size,
 				      sctp_assoc_t *assoc_id)
 {
-	int err = 0;
 	struct sockaddr *kaddrs;
+	gfp_t gfp = GFP_KERNEL;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	pr_debug("%s: sk:%p addrs:%p addrs_size:%d\n",
 		 __func__, sk, addrs, addrs_size);
@@ -1315,7 +1316,9 @@ static int __sctp_setsockopt_connectx(struct sock *sk,
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	/* Alloc space for the address array in kernel memory.  */
-	kaddrs = kmalloc(addrs_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (sk->sk_socket->file)
+		gfp = GFP_USER | __GFP_NOWARN;
+	kaddrs = kmalloc(addrs_size, gfp);
 	if (unlikely(!kaddrs))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -5773,7 +5776,7 @@ static int sctp_getsockopt_assoc_ids(struct sock *sk, int len,
 
 	len = sizeof(struct sctp_assoc_ids) + sizeof(sctp_assoc_t) * num;
 
-	ids = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ids = kmalloc(len, GFP_USER | __GFP_NOWARN);
 	if (unlikely(!ids))
 		return -ENOMEM;