diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index 66a223b22a8079e9e0b067442e7b6ed1e32b4f77..9cd0828010cff7a7e41f4438af6f62593a3513cf 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ static int nfs_validate_mount_data(struct nfs_mount_data **options,
 
 		status = nfs_try_mount(&args, mntfh);
 		if (status)
-			return -EINVAL;
+			return status;
 
 		/*
 		 * Translate to nfs_mount_data, which nfs_fill_super