diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 9f44ddc34c7b..3321cc7a7ead 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ 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;
 }