diff --git a/include/rxrpc/call.h b/include/rxrpc/call.h
index f48f27e9e0ab26397ab396d49df3d25918a175d2..8118731e7d96108c0badbf195df5184e233f8865 100644
--- a/include/rxrpc/call.h
+++ b/include/rxrpc/call.h
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ extern int rxrpc_call_write_data(struct rxrpc_call *call,
 				 size_t sioc,
 				 struct kvec *siov,
 				 uint8_t rxhdr_flags,
-				 int alloc_flags,
+				 unsigned int __nocast alloc_flags,
 				 int dup_data,
 				 size_t *size_sent);
 
diff --git a/include/rxrpc/message.h b/include/rxrpc/message.h
index 3a59df6870b27256287b62c168667d8938aec7dd..983d9f9eee1a8bbdcccf01405cb40f03abbd6e99 100644
--- a/include/rxrpc/message.h
+++ b/include/rxrpc/message.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ extern int rxrpc_conn_newmsg(struct rxrpc_connection *conn,
 			     uint8_t type,
 			     int count,
 			     struct kvec *diov,
-			     int alloc_flags,
+			     unsigned int __nocast alloc_flags,
 			     struct rxrpc_message **_msg);
 
 extern int rxrpc_conn_sendmsg(struct rxrpc_connection *conn, struct rxrpc_message *msg);
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/call.c b/net/rxrpc/call.c
index 5cfd4cadee424fedbaa750d3649072a09335c98b..86f77705263389b4347ca79cc032f435973005cd 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/call.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/call.c
@@ -1923,7 +1923,7 @@ int rxrpc_call_write_data(struct rxrpc_call *call,
 			  size_t sioc,
 			  struct kvec *siov,
 			  u8 rxhdr_flags,
-			  int alloc_flags,
+			  unsigned int __nocast alloc_flags,
 			  int dup_data,
 			  size_t *size_sent)
 {
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/connection.c b/net/rxrpc/connection.c
index 61463c74f8cc8998ad727fe1adf9fa3ae4af9d37..be4b2be58956a775c16a669c0a4af5c07f8aafaa 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/connection.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/connection.c
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ int rxrpc_conn_newmsg(struct rxrpc_connection *conn,
 		      uint8_t type,
 		      int dcount,
 		      struct kvec diov[],
-		      int alloc_flags,
+		      unsigned int __nocast alloc_flags,
 		      struct rxrpc_message **_msg)
 {
 	struct rxrpc_message *msg;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index f3104035e35d446828a0d29b92e947dfb7dfdcc5..ade730eaf401a9c888e497d718bf94a3dc59e22d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ static void rpc_async_schedule(void *arg)
 void *
 rpc_malloc(struct rpc_task *task, size_t size)
 {
-	int	gfp;
+	unsigned int __nocast	gfp;
 
 	if (task->tk_flags & RPC_TASK_SWAPPER)
 		gfp = GFP_ATOMIC;