diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 85a6fdd76e20..50c181fa0025 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ static int nfs_finish_open(struct nfs_open_context *ctx,
 	if (S_ISREG(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
 		nfs_file_set_open_context(file, ctx);
 	else
-		err = -ESTALE;
+		err = -EOPENSTALE;
 out:
 	return err;
 }