diff --git a/net/9p/trans_fd.c b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
index f226953577b2..1a3948b8c493 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_fd.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
@@ -836,14 +836,21 @@ static int p9_fd_open(struct p9_client *client, int rfd, int wfd)
 		goto out_free_ts;
 	if (!(ts->rd->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
 		goto out_put_rd;
-	/* prevent workers from hanging on IO when fd is a pipe */
-	ts->rd->f_flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
+	/* Prevent workers from hanging on IO when fd is a pipe.
+	 * It's technically possible for userspace or concurrent mounts to
+	 * modify this flag concurrently, which will likely result in a
+	 * broken filesystem. However, just having bad flags here should
+	 * not crash the kernel or cause any other sort of bug, so mark this
+	 * particular data race as intentional so that tooling (like KCSAN)
+	 * can allow it and detect further problems.
+	 */
+	data_race(ts->rd->f_flags |= O_NONBLOCK);
 	ts->wr = fget(wfd);
 	if (!ts->wr)
 		goto out_put_rd;
 	if (!(ts->wr->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 		goto out_put_wr;
-	ts->wr->f_flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
+	data_race(ts->wr->f_flags |= O_NONBLOCK);
 
 	client->trans = ts;
 	client->status = Connected;