diff --git a/rust/kernel/init.rs b/rust/kernel/init.rs
index a5911fec428b9c..fec47b274ec3a7 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/init.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/init.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 //! #     a <- new_mutex!(42, "Foo::a"),
 //! #     b: 24,
 //! # });
-//! let foo: Result<Pin<Box<Foo>>> = Box::pin_init(foo);
+//! let foo: Result<Pin<Box<Foo>>> = Box::pin_init(foo, GFP_KERNEL);
 //! ```
 //!
 //! For more information see the [`pin_init!`] macro.
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
 //!
 //! ```rust
 //! # use kernel::sync::{new_mutex, Arc, Mutex};
-//! let mtx: Result<Arc<Mutex<usize>>> = Arc::pin_init(new_mutex!(42, "example::mtx"));
+//! let mtx: Result<Arc<Mutex<usize>>> =
+//!     Arc::pin_init(new_mutex!(42, "example::mtx"), GFP_KERNEL);
 //! ```
 //!
 //! To declare an init macro/function you just return an [`impl PinInit<T, E>`]:
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@
 //!     fn new() -> impl PinInit<Self, Error> {
 //!         try_pin_init!(Self {
 //!             status <- new_mutex!(0, "DriverData::status"),
-//!             buffer: Box::init(kernel::init::zeroed())?,
+//!             buffer: Box::init(kernel::init::zeroed(), GFP_KERNEL)?,
 //!         })
 //!     }
 //! }
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@
 //! [`pin_init!`]: crate::pin_init!
 
 use crate::{
-    alloc::{box_ext::BoxExt, flags::*},
+    alloc::{box_ext::BoxExt, Flags},
     error::{self, Error},
     sync::UniqueArc,
     types::{Opaque, ScopeGuard},
@@ -391,7 +392,7 @@ macro_rules! stack_try_pin_init {
 ///     },
 /// });
 /// # initializer }
-/// # Box::pin_init(demo()).unwrap();
+/// # Box::pin_init(demo(), GFP_KERNEL).unwrap();
 /// ```
 ///
 /// Arbitrary Rust expressions can be used to set the value of a variable.
@@ -461,7 +462,7 @@ macro_rules! stack_try_pin_init {
 /// #         })
 /// #     }
 /// # }
-/// let foo = Box::pin_init(Foo::new());
+/// let foo = Box::pin_init(Foo::new(), GFP_KERNEL);
 /// ```
 ///
 /// They can also easily embed it into their own `struct`s:
@@ -601,7 +602,7 @@ macro_rules! pin_init {
 /// impl BigBuf {
 ///     fn new() -> impl PinInit<Self, Error> {
 ///         try_pin_init!(Self {
-///             big: Box::init(init::zeroed())?,
+///             big: Box::init(init::zeroed(), GFP_KERNEL)?,
 ///             small: [0; 1024 * 1024],
 ///             ptr: core::ptr::null_mut(),
 ///         }? Error)
@@ -702,7 +703,7 @@ macro_rules! init {
 /// impl BigBuf {
 ///     fn new() -> impl Init<Self, Error> {
 ///         try_init!(Self {
-///             big: Box::init(zeroed())?,
+///             big: Box::init(zeroed(), GFP_KERNEL)?,
 ///             small: [0; 1024 * 1024],
 ///         }? Error)
 ///     }
@@ -1014,7 +1015,7 @@ pub fn uninit<T, E>() -> impl Init<MaybeUninit<T>, E> {
 ///
 /// ```rust
 /// use kernel::{error::Error, init::init_array_from_fn};
-/// let array: Box<[usize; 1_000]> = Box::init::<Error>(init_array_from_fn(|i| i)).unwrap();
+/// let array: Box<[usize; 1_000]> = Box::init::<Error>(init_array_from_fn(|i| i), GFP_KERNEL).unwrap();
 /// assert_eq!(array.len(), 1_000);
 /// ```
 pub fn init_array_from_fn<I, const N: usize, T, E>(
@@ -1058,7 +1059,7 @@ where
 /// ```rust
 /// use kernel::{sync::{Arc, Mutex}, init::pin_init_array_from_fn, new_mutex};
 /// let array: Arc<[Mutex<usize>; 1_000]> =
-///     Arc::pin_init(pin_init_array_from_fn(|i| new_mutex!(i))).unwrap();
+///     Arc::pin_init(pin_init_array_from_fn(|i| new_mutex!(i)), GFP_KERNEL).unwrap();
 /// assert_eq!(array.len(), 1_000);
 /// ```
 pub fn pin_init_array_from_fn<I, const N: usize, T, E>(
@@ -1116,7 +1117,7 @@ pub trait InPlaceInit<T>: Sized {
     /// type.
     ///
     /// If `T: !Unpin` it will not be able to move afterwards.
-    fn try_pin_init<E>(init: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> Result<Pin<Self>, E>
+    fn try_pin_init<E>(init: impl PinInit<T, E>, flags: Flags) -> Result<Pin<Self>, E>
     where
         E: From<AllocError>;
 
@@ -1124,7 +1125,7 @@ pub trait InPlaceInit<T>: Sized {
     /// type.
     ///
     /// If `T: !Unpin` it will not be able to move afterwards.
-    fn pin_init<E>(init: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> error::Result<Pin<Self>>
+    fn pin_init<E>(init: impl PinInit<T, E>, flags: Flags) -> error::Result<Pin<Self>>
     where
         Error: From<E>,
     {
@@ -1132,16 +1133,16 @@ pub trait InPlaceInit<T>: Sized {
         let init = unsafe {
             pin_init_from_closure(|slot| init.__pinned_init(slot).map_err(|e| Error::from(e)))
         };
-        Self::try_pin_init(init)
+        Self::try_pin_init(init, flags)
     }
 
     /// Use the given initializer to in-place initialize a `T`.
-    fn try_init<E>(init: impl Init<T, E>) -> Result<Self, E>
+    fn try_init<E>(init: impl Init<T, E>, flags: Flags) -> Result<Self, E>
     where
         E: From<AllocError>;
 
     /// Use the given initializer to in-place initialize a `T`.
-    fn init<E>(init: impl Init<T, E>) -> error::Result<Self>
+    fn init<E>(init: impl Init<T, E>, flags: Flags) -> error::Result<Self>
     where
         Error: From<E>,
     {
@@ -1149,17 +1150,17 @@ pub trait InPlaceInit<T>: Sized {
         let init = unsafe {
             init_from_closure(|slot| init.__pinned_init(slot).map_err(|e| Error::from(e)))
         };
-        Self::try_init(init)
+        Self::try_init(init, flags)
     }
 }
 
 impl<T> InPlaceInit<T> for Box<T> {
     #[inline]
-    fn try_pin_init<E>(init: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> Result<Pin<Self>, E>
+    fn try_pin_init<E>(init: impl PinInit<T, E>, flags: Flags) -> Result<Pin<Self>, E>
     where
         E: From<AllocError>,
     {
-        let mut this = <Box<_> as BoxExt<_>>::new_uninit(GFP_KERNEL)?;
+        let mut this = <Box<_> as BoxExt<_>>::new_uninit(flags)?;
         let slot = this.as_mut_ptr();
         // SAFETY: When init errors/panics, slot will get deallocated but not dropped,
         // slot is valid and will not be moved, because we pin it later.
@@ -1169,11 +1170,11 @@ impl<T> InPlaceInit<T> for Box<T> {
     }
 
     #[inline]
-    fn try_init<E>(init: impl Init<T, E>) -> Result<Self, E>
+    fn try_init<E>(init: impl Init<T, E>, flags: Flags) -> Result<Self, E>
     where
         E: From<AllocError>,
     {
-        let mut this = <Box<_> as BoxExt<_>>::new_uninit(GFP_KERNEL)?;
+        let mut this = <Box<_> as BoxExt<_>>::new_uninit(flags)?;
         let slot = this.as_mut_ptr();
         // SAFETY: When init errors/panics, slot will get deallocated but not dropped,
         // slot is valid.
@@ -1185,11 +1186,11 @@ impl<T> InPlaceInit<T> for Box<T> {
 
 impl<T> InPlaceInit<T> for UniqueArc<T> {
     #[inline]
-    fn try_pin_init<E>(init: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> Result<Pin<Self>, E>
+    fn try_pin_init<E>(init: impl PinInit<T, E>, flags: Flags) -> Result<Pin<Self>, E>
     where
         E: From<AllocError>,
     {
-        let mut this = UniqueArc::new_uninit(GFP_KERNEL)?;
+        let mut this = UniqueArc::new_uninit(flags)?;
         let slot = this.as_mut_ptr();
         // SAFETY: When init errors/panics, slot will get deallocated but not dropped,
         // slot is valid and will not be moved, because we pin it later.
@@ -1199,11 +1200,11 @@ impl<T> InPlaceInit<T> for UniqueArc<T> {
     }
 
     #[inline]
-    fn try_init<E>(init: impl Init<T, E>) -> Result<Self, E>
+    fn try_init<E>(init: impl Init<T, E>, flags: Flags) -> Result<Self, E>
     where
         E: From<AllocError>,
     {
-        let mut this = UniqueArc::new_uninit(GFP_KERNEL)?;
+        let mut this = UniqueArc::new_uninit(flags)?;
         let slot = this.as_mut_ptr();
         // SAFETY: When init errors/panics, slot will get deallocated but not dropped,
         // slot is valid.
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
index b67bb876ddf792..0866378f136028 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
@@ -182,22 +182,22 @@ impl<T> Arc<T> {
     ///
     /// If `T: !Unpin` it will not be able to move afterwards.
     #[inline]
-    pub fn pin_init<E>(init: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> error::Result<Self>
+    pub fn pin_init<E>(init: impl PinInit<T, E>, flags: Flags) -> error::Result<Self>
     where
         Error: From<E>,
     {
-        UniqueArc::pin_init(init).map(|u| u.into())
+        UniqueArc::pin_init(init, flags).map(|u| u.into())
     }
 
     /// Use the given initializer to in-place initialize a `T`.
     ///
     /// This is equivalent to [`Arc<T>::pin_init`], since an [`Arc`] is always pinned.
     #[inline]
-    pub fn init<E>(init: impl Init<T, E>) -> error::Result<Self>
+    pub fn init<E>(init: impl Init<T, E>, flags: Flags) -> error::Result<Self>
     where
         Error: From<E>,
     {
-        UniqueArc::init(init).map(|u| u.into())
+        UniqueArc::init(init, flags).map(|u| u.into())
     }
 }
 
@@ -565,13 +565,16 @@ impl<T> UniqueArc<T> {
     }
 
     /// Tries to allocate a new [`UniqueArc`] instance whose contents are not initialised yet.
-    pub fn new_uninit(_flags: Flags) -> Result<UniqueArc<MaybeUninit<T>>, AllocError> {
+    pub fn new_uninit(flags: Flags) -> Result<UniqueArc<MaybeUninit<T>>, AllocError> {
         // INVARIANT: The refcount is initialised to a non-zero value.
-        let inner = Box::try_init::<AllocError>(try_init!(ArcInner {
-            // SAFETY: There are no safety requirements for this FFI call.
-            refcount: Opaque::new(unsafe { bindings::REFCOUNT_INIT(1) }),
-            data <- init::uninit::<T, AllocError>(),
-        }? AllocError))?;
+        let inner = Box::try_init::<AllocError>(
+            try_init!(ArcInner {
+                // SAFETY: There are no safety requirements for this FFI call.
+                refcount: Opaque::new(unsafe { bindings::REFCOUNT_INIT(1) }),
+                data <- init::uninit::<T, AllocError>(),
+            }? AllocError),
+            flags,
+        )?;
         Ok(UniqueArc {
             // INVARIANT: The newly-created object has a refcount of 1.
             // SAFETY: The pointer from the `Box` is valid.
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/condvar.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/condvar.rs
index 0c3671caffeb2f..ef6ffef0aa888b 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/condvar.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/condvar.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ pub use new_condvar;
 ///     Box::pin_init(pin_init!(Example {
 ///         value <- new_mutex!(0),
 ///         value_changed <- new_condvar!(),
-///     }))
+///     }), GFP_KERNEL)
 /// }
 /// ```
 ///
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs
index ef4c4634d294ee..93e1c982facfb1 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/mutex.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pub use new_mutex;
 /// }
 ///
 /// // Allocate a boxed `Example`.
-/// let e = Box::pin_init(Example::new())?;
+/// let e = Box::pin_init(Example::new(), GFP_KERNEL)?;
 /// assert_eq!(e.c, 10);
 /// assert_eq!(e.d.lock().a, 20);
 /// assert_eq!(e.d.lock().b, 30);
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
index 0b22c635634f55..6e900807d3b7a2 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pub use new_spinlock;
 /// }
 ///
 /// // Allocate a boxed `Example`.
-/// let e = Box::pin_init(Example::new())?;
+/// let e = Box::pin_init(Example::new(), GFP_KERNEL)?;
 /// assert_eq!(e.c, 10);
 /// assert_eq!(e.d.lock().a, 20);
 /// assert_eq!(e.d.lock().b, 30);
diff --git a/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs b/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs
index 480cb292e7c21d..4d1f5306497ab1 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 //!         Arc::pin_init(pin_init!(MyStruct {
 //!             value,
 //!             work <- new_work!("MyStruct::work"),
-//!         }))
+//!         }), GFP_KERNEL)
 //!     }
 //! }
 //!
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 //!             value_2,
 //!             work_1 <- new_work!("MyStruct::work_1"),
 //!             work_2 <- new_work!("MyStruct::work_2"),
-//!         }))
+//!         }), GFP_KERNEL)
 //!     }
 //! }
 //!
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
 //!
 //! C header: [`include/linux/workqueue.h`](srctree/include/linux/workqueue.h)
 
+use crate::alloc::Flags;
 use crate::{bindings, prelude::*, sync::Arc, sync::LockClassKey, types::Opaque};
 use alloc::alloc::AllocError;
 use alloc::boxed::Box;
@@ -210,13 +211,17 @@ impl Queue {
     /// Tries to spawn the given function or closure as a work item.
     ///
     /// This method can fail because it allocates memory to store the work item.
-    pub fn try_spawn<T: 'static + Send + FnOnce()>(&self, func: T) -> Result<(), AllocError> {
+    pub fn try_spawn<T: 'static + Send + FnOnce()>(
+        &self,
+        flags: Flags,
+        func: T,
+    ) -> Result<(), AllocError> {
         let init = pin_init!(ClosureWork {
             work <- new_work!("Queue::try_spawn"),
             func: Some(func),
         });
 
-        self.enqueue(Box::pin_init(init).map_err(|_| AllocError)?);
+        self.enqueue(Box::pin_init(init, flags).map_err(|_| AllocError)?);
         Ok(())
     }
 }