diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index ed7c269e2514..65c252798861 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -72,12 +72,17 @@ static int _nfs4_proc_getattr(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandle,
 /* Prevent leaks of NFSv4 errors into userland */
 static int nfs4_map_errors(int err)
 {
-	if (err < -1000) {
+	if (err >= -1000)
+		return err;
+	switch (err) {
+	case -NFS4ERR_RESOURCE:
+		return -EREMOTEIO;
+	default:
 		dprintk("%s could not handle NFSv4 error %d\n",
 				__func__, -err);
-		return -EIO;
+		break;
 	}
-	return err;
+	return -EIO;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index 83ad47cbdd8a..20b4e30e6c82 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -5681,7 +5681,6 @@ static struct {
 	{ NFS4ERR_SERVERFAULT,	-ESERVERFAULT	},
 	{ NFS4ERR_BADTYPE,	-EBADTYPE	},
 	{ NFS4ERR_LOCKED,	-EAGAIN		},
-	{ NFS4ERR_RESOURCE,	-EREMOTEIO	},
 	{ NFS4ERR_SYMLINK,	-ELOOP		},
 	{ NFS4ERR_OP_ILLEGAL,	-EOPNOTSUPP	},
 	{ NFS4ERR_DEADLOCK,	-EDEADLK	},