diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index ad653b32b2f00..4c7f74904c257 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -3463,6 +3463,8 @@ static int tun_chr_open(struct inode *inode, struct file * file)
 
 	sock_set_flag(&tfile->sk, SOCK_ZEROCOPY);
 
+	/* tun groks IOCB_NOWAIT just fine, mark it as such */
+	file->f_mode |= FMODE_NOWAIT;
 	return 0;
 }