diff --git a/include/linux/net.h b/include/linux/net.h
index 39a23af059b4..2f999fbb188d 100644
--- a/include/linux/net.h
+++ b/include/linux/net.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/socket.h>
-#include <linux/fcntl.h>	/* For O_CLOEXEC */
+#include <linux/fcntl.h>	/* For O_CLOEXEC and O_NONBLOCK */
 #include <asm/socket.h>
 
 struct poll_table_struct;
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index d163adff95bf..31105f9048a8 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ static int sock_alloc_fd(struct file **filep, int flags)
 	return fd;
 }
 
-static int sock_attach_fd(struct socket *sock, struct file *file)
+static int sock_attach_fd(struct socket *sock, struct file *file, int flags)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct qstr name = { .name = "" };
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ static int sock_attach_fd(struct socket *sock, struct file *file)
 	init_file(file, sock_mnt, dentry, FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE,
 		  &socket_file_ops);
 	SOCK_INODE(sock)->i_fop = &socket_file_ops;
-	file->f_flags = O_RDWR;
+	file->f_flags = O_RDWR | (flags & O_NONBLOCK);
 	file->f_pos = 0;
 	file->private_data = sock;
 
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ int sock_map_fd(struct socket *sock, int flags)
 	int fd = sock_alloc_fd(&newfile, flags);
 
 	if (likely(fd >= 0)) {
-		int err = sock_attach_fd(sock, newfile);
+		int err = sock_attach_fd(sock, newfile, flags);
 
 		if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
 			put_filp(newfile);
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_socket(int family, int type, int protocol)
 	int flags;
 
 	flags = type & ~SOCK_TYPE_MASK;
-	if (flags & ~SOCK_CLOEXEC)
+	if (flags & ~(SOCK_CLOEXEC | SOCK_NONBLOCK))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	type &= SOCK_TYPE_MASK;
 
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_socket(int family, int type, int protocol)
 	if (retval < 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	retval = sock_map_fd(sock, flags & O_CLOEXEC);
+	retval = sock_map_fd(sock, flags & (O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK));
 	if (retval < 0)
 		goto out_release;
 
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_socketpair(int family, int type, int protocol,
 	int flags;
 
 	flags = type & ~SOCK_TYPE_MASK;
-	if (flags & ~SOCK_CLOEXEC)
+	if (flags & ~(SOCK_CLOEXEC | SOCK_NONBLOCK))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	type &= SOCK_TYPE_MASK;
 
@@ -1298,12 +1298,12 @@ asmlinkage long sys_socketpair(int family, int type, int protocol,
 		goto out_release_both;
 	}
 
-	err = sock_attach_fd(sock1, newfile1);
+	err = sock_attach_fd(sock1, newfile1, flags & O_NONBLOCK);
 	if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
 		goto out_fd2;
 	}
 
-	err = sock_attach_fd(sock2, newfile2);
+	err = sock_attach_fd(sock2, newfile2, flags & O_NONBLOCK);
 	if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
 		fput(newfile1);
 		goto out_fd1;
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ long do_accept(int fd, struct sockaddr __user *upeer_sockaddr,
 	int err, len, newfd, fput_needed;
 	struct sockaddr_storage address;
 
-	if (flags & ~SOCK_CLOEXEC)
+	if (flags & ~(SOCK_CLOEXEC | SOCK_NONBLOCK))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (SOCK_NONBLOCK != O_NONBLOCK && (flags & SOCK_NONBLOCK))
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ long do_accept(int fd, struct sockaddr __user *upeer_sockaddr,
 		goto out_put;
 	}
 
-	err = sock_attach_fd(newsock, newfile);
+	err = sock_attach_fd(newsock, newfile, flags & O_NONBLOCK);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_fd_simple;