diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 5d5627bf3b18..9a183c254c84 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -2202,6 +2202,7 @@ call_transmit_status(struct rpc_task *task)
 		 * socket just returned a connection error,
 		 * then hold onto the transport lock.
 		 */
+	case -ENOMEM:
 	case -ENOBUFS:
 		rpc_delay(task, HZ>>2);
 		fallthrough;
@@ -2285,6 +2286,7 @@ call_bc_transmit_status(struct rpc_task *task)
 	case -ENOTCONN:
 	case -EPIPE:
 		break;
+	case -ENOMEM:
 	case -ENOBUFS:
 		rpc_delay(task, HZ>>2);
 		fallthrough;