diff --git a/hypervisor/src/lib.rs b/hypervisor/src/lib.rs
index c3c422ea0..0ee611863 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/lib.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 //! - arm64
 //!
 
+#![allow(clippy::significant_drop_in_scrutinee)]
+
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate anyhow;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
diff --git a/vhost_user_block/src/lib.rs b/vhost_user_block/src/lib.rs
index 639e6a6fe..d1ed43ece 100644
--- a/vhost_user_block/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vhost_user_block/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause)
 
+#![allow(clippy::significant_drop_in_scrutinee)]
+
 use block_util::{build_disk_image_id, Request, VirtioBlockConfig};
 use libc::EFD_NONBLOCK;
 use log::*;
diff --git a/vhost_user_net/src/lib.rs b/vhost_user_net/src/lib.rs
index 3f1a6feb8..6ee1d6905 100644
--- a/vhost_user_net/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vhost_user_net/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause)
 
+#![allow(clippy::significant_drop_in_scrutinee)]
+
 use libc::{self, EFD_NONBLOCK};
 use log::*;
 use net_util::{
diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/lib.rs b/virtio-devices/src/lib.rs
index e8c357c51..2c91af91d 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/lib.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 //! Implements virtio devices, queues, and transport mechanisms.
 
+#![allow(clippy::significant_drop_in_scrutinee)]
+
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate event_monitor;
 #[macro_use]
diff --git a/vm-device/src/lib.rs b/vm-device/src/lib.rs
index c16d0ec4e..326285c7b 100644
--- a/vm-device/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vm-device/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
 
+#![allow(clippy::significant_drop_in_scrutinee)]
+
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 mod bus;
diff --git a/vmm/src/lib.rs b/vmm/src/lib.rs
index 0447ceb91..b531d553b 100644
--- a/vmm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
 
+#![allow(clippy::significant_drop_in_scrutinee)]
+
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate event_monitor;
 #[macro_use]