diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 735362c26c8e..f1dffe84f0d5 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@ static struct sock *unix_create1(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int kern)
 	lockdep_set_class(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock,
 				&af_unix_sk_receive_queue_lock_key);
 
+	sk->sk_allocation	= GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT;
 	sk->sk_write_space	= unix_write_space;
 	sk->sk_max_ack_backlog	= net->unx.sysctl_max_dgram_qlen;
 	sk->sk_destruct		= unix_sock_destructor;