diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
index af557dc2cfe1..6b783e2d2855 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ int nfs2_decode_dirent(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_entry *entry,
 
 	error = decode_filename_inline(xdr, &entry->name, &entry->len);
 	if (unlikely(error))
-		return -EAGAIN;
+		return error == -ENAMETOOLONG ? -ENAMETOOLONG : -EAGAIN;
 
 	/*
 	 * The type (size and byte order) of nfscookie isn't defined in
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
index 84369d51353a..6d8768ce370d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
@@ -1991,7 +1991,7 @@ int nfs3_decode_dirent(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_entry *entry,
 
 	error = decode_inline_filename3(xdr, &entry->name, &entry->len);
 	if (unlikely(error))
-		return -EAGAIN;
+		return error == -ENAMETOOLONG ? -ENAMETOOLONG : -EAGAIN;
 
 	error = decode_cookie3(xdr, &new_cookie);
 	if (unlikely(error))