diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
index 491ae9fc561f..991d5a96f35b 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ rpcrdma_convert_iovs(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, struct xdr_buf *xdrbuf,
 			 */
 			*ppages = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
 			if (!*ppages)
-				return -EAGAIN;
+				return -ENOBUFS;
 		}
 		seg->mr_page = *ppages;
 		seg->mr_offset = (char *)page_base;