diff --git a/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c b/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c
index 0adefc40cc89..59047f8d7d72 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static struct {
 	{ .status = MNT3ERR_INVAL,		.errno = -EINVAL,	},
 	{ .status = MNT3ERR_NAMETOOLONG,	.errno = -ENAMETOOLONG,	},
 	{ .status = MNT3ERR_NOTSUPP,		.errno = -ENOTSUPP,	},
-	{ .status = MNT3ERR_SERVERFAULT,	.errno = -ESERVERFAULT,	},
+	{ .status = MNT3ERR_SERVERFAULT,	.errno = -EREMOTEIO,	},
 };
 
 struct mountres {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
index 5e078b222b4e..7bc2da8efd4a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ static struct {
 	{ NFSERR_BAD_COOKIE,	-EBADCOOKIE	},
 	{ NFSERR_NOTSUPP,	-ENOTSUPP	},
 	{ NFSERR_TOOSMALL,	-ETOOSMALL	},
-	{ NFSERR_SERVERFAULT,	-ESERVERFAULT	},
+	{ NFSERR_SERVERFAULT,	-EREMOTEIO	},
 	{ NFSERR_BADTYPE,	-EBADTYPE	},
 	{ NFSERR_JUKEBOX,	-EJUKEBOX	},
 	{ -1,			-EIO		}
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index e437fd6a819f..5cd5184b56db 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -4631,7 +4631,7 @@ static int decode_sequence(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 	 * If the server returns different values for sessionID, slotID or
 	 * sequence number, the server is looney tunes.
 	 */
-	status = -ESERVERFAULT;
+	status = -EREMOTEIO;
 
 	if (memcmp(id.data, res->sr_session->sess_id.data,
 		   NFS4_MAX_SESSIONID_LEN)) {
@@ -5774,7 +5774,7 @@ static struct {
 	{ NFS4ERR_BAD_COOKIE,	-EBADCOOKIE	},
 	{ NFS4ERR_NOTSUPP,	-ENOTSUPP	},
 	{ NFS4ERR_TOOSMALL,	-ETOOSMALL	},
-	{ NFS4ERR_SERVERFAULT,	-ESERVERFAULT	},
+	{ NFS4ERR_SERVERFAULT,	-EREMOTEIO	},
 	{ NFS4ERR_BADTYPE,	-EBADTYPE	},
 	{ NFS4ERR_LOCKED,	-EAGAIN		},
 	{ NFS4ERR_SYMLINK,	-ELOOP		},
@@ -5801,7 +5801,7 @@ nfs4_stat_to_errno(int stat)
 	}
 	if (stat <= 10000 || stat > 10100) {
 		/* The server is looney tunes. */
-		return -ESERVERFAULT;
+		return -EREMOTEIO;
 	}
 	/* If we cannot translate the error, the recovery routines should
 	 * handle it.