diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index e8f6ce88b1fbf4564a82e4f8a6bce536438db67f..7504b75ed59cfd796e5736d1571bf87cec93972d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ static void nfs_async_write_error(struct list_head *head, int error)
 	while (!list_empty(head)) {
 		req = nfs_list_entry(head->next);
 		nfs_list_remove_request(req);
-		if (nfs_error_is_fatal(error))
+		if (nfs_error_is_fatal_on_server(error))
 			nfs_write_error(req, error);
 		else
 			nfs_redirty_request(req);