diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
index 2334bfc966c1..ea34952f9496 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
@@ -1480,6 +1480,14 @@ static int o2net_set_nodelay(struct socket *sock)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int o2net_set_usertimeout(struct socket *sock)
+{
+	int user_timeout = O2NET_TCP_USER_TIMEOUT;
+
+	return kernel_setsockopt(sock, SOL_TCP, TCP_USER_TIMEOUT,
+				(char *)&user_timeout, sizeof(user_timeout));
+}
+
 static void o2net_initialize_handshake(void)
 {
 	o2net_hand->o2hb_heartbeat_timeout_ms = cpu_to_be32(
@@ -1663,6 +1671,12 @@ static void o2net_start_connect(struct work_struct *work)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	ret = o2net_set_usertimeout(sock);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "set TCP_USER_TIMEOUT failed with %d\n", ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	o2net_register_callbacks(sc->sc_sock->sk, sc);
 
 	spin_lock(&nn->nn_lock);
@@ -1844,6 +1858,12 @@ static int o2net_accept_one(struct socket *sock, int *more)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	ret = o2net_set_usertimeout(new_sock);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "set TCP_USER_TIMEOUT failed with %d\n", ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	slen = sizeof(sin);
 	ret = new_sock->ops->getname(new_sock, (struct sockaddr *) &sin,
 				       &slen, 1);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.h b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.h
index 5bada2a69b50..c571e849fda4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ typedef void (o2net_post_msg_handler_func)(int status, void *data,
 #define O2NET_KEEPALIVE_DELAY_MS_DEFAULT	2000
 #define O2NET_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS_DEFAULT		30000
 
+#define O2NET_TCP_USER_TIMEOUT			0x7fffffff
 
 /* TODO: figure this out.... */
 static inline int o2net_link_down(int err, struct socket *sock)