diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
index 08e17264784b..dc9c2e3fd1b8 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ nfserrno (int errno)
 		{ nfserr_jukebox, -ETIMEDOUT },
 		{ nfserr_jukebox, -ERESTARTSYS },
 		{ nfserr_dropit, -EAGAIN },
-		{ nfserr_dropit, -ENOMEM },
+		{ nfserr_jukebox, -ENOMEM },
 		{ nfserr_badname, -ESRCH },
 		{ nfserr_io, -ETXTBSY },
 		{ nfserr_notsupp, -EOPNOTSUPP },