diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index 20b3717cd7ca..c9c3edefc5be 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ int nfs_initiate_pgio(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr,
 		.callback_ops = call_ops,
 		.callback_data = hdr,
 		.workqueue = nfsiod_workqueue,
-		.flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC | flags,
+		.flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC | RPC_TASK_CRED_NOREF | flags,
 	};
 	int ret = 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index c478b772cc49..5544ee6cfda8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1707,7 +1707,7 @@ int nfs_initiate_commit(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct nfs_commit_data *data,
 		.callback_ops = call_ops,
 		.callback_data = data,
 		.workqueue = nfsiod_workqueue,
-		.flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC | flags,
+		.flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC | RPC_TASK_CRED_NOREF | flags,
 		.priority = priority,
 	};
 	/* Set up the initial task struct.  */