diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
index 1743ed04197e8c..54436919be8cb6 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
@@ -845,6 +845,7 @@ nfserrno (int errno)
 		{ nfserr_io, -EIO },
 		{ nfserr_nxio, -ENXIO },
 		{ nfserr_fbig, -E2BIG },
+		{ nfserr_stale, -EBADF },
 		{ nfserr_acces, -EACCES },
 		{ nfserr_exist, -EEXIST },
 		{ nfserr_xdev, -EXDEV },