diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
index 2563f765c9b4ba49b37615657f4c3f5f76e7576d..ab5937734f0b527cdbd2349625de3021b6efbb6f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ nfs_decode_dirent(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_entry *entry, struct nfs_se
 
 out_overflow:
 	print_overflow_msg(__func__, xdr);
-	return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+	return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
index 748dc91a4a147466529d9b1b49a20cc0ab2aad93..e79e4f5f5d53ba3e9d838a86511c65e58f8a01d5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ nfs3_decode_dirent(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_entry *entry, struct nfs_s
 out_overflow:
 	print_overflow_msg(__func__, xdr);
 out_overflow_exit:
-	return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+	return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index b7a204ff6fe1504efe287b7620532407cc692f89..a3b39cbc90f9c98e28a9c1228a5840dd34657ead 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -6221,7 +6221,7 @@ __be32 *nfs4_decode_dirent(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_entry *entry,
 
 out_overflow:
 	print_overflow_msg(__func__, xdr);
-	return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+	return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
 }
 
 /*