diff --git a/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c b/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c
index e6ec5f6d276e7ab212bb0075c67496893cc09809..784628ec4bc40f8f7dfc8ce460668d77ad86f9a0 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ static int smbd_post_send_data(
 
 	if (n_vec > SMBDIRECT_MAX_SGE) {
 		cifs_dbg(VFS, "Can't fit data to SGL, n_vec=%d\n", n_vec);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	sg_init_table(sgl, n_vec);