diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 46f825cf53f4..cc605ee0b2fa 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -3871,7 +3871,7 @@ nfsd4_encode_read(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp, __be32 nfserr,
 	if (resp->xdr.buf->page_len &&
 	    test_bit(RQ_SPLICE_OK, &resp->rqstp->rq_flags)) {
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
-		return nfserr_resource;
+		return nfserr_serverfault;
 	}
 	xdr_commit_encode(xdr);