diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
index 06a72dc0191a022049bbf48ad26e127bb6211c02..152971243ad84eb0bd1a4d08f59df3020b793675 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ static int __f2fs_setxattr(struct inode *inode, int index,
 			free = free + ENTRY_SIZE(here);
 
 		if (unlikely(free < newsize)) {
-			error = -ENOSPC;
+			error = -E2BIG;
 			goto exit;
 		}
 	}