diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c
index 5fb202acb0fd..0ac538c76180 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static __be32 nfsacld_proc_getacl(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	inode = d_inode(fh->fh_dentry);
 
 	if (argp->mask & ~NFS_ACL_MASK) {
-		resp->status = nfserr_inval;
+		resp->status = nfserr_io;
 		goto out;
 	}
 	resp->mask = argp->mask;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
index 481e789a7697..8873033d1e82 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static __be32 nfsd_map_status(__be32 status)
 		break;
 	case nfserr_symlink:
 	case nfserr_wrong_type:
-		status = nfserr_inval;
+		status = nfserr_io;
 		break;
 	}
 	return status;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nfs.h b/include/uapi/linux/nfs.h
index 71c7196d3281..e629c4953534 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nfs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nfs.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 	NFSERR_NODEV = 19,		/* v2 v3 v4 */
 	NFSERR_NOTDIR = 20,		/* v2 v3 v4 */
 	NFSERR_ISDIR = 21,		/* v2 v3 v4 */
-	NFSERR_INVAL = 22,		/* v2 v3 v4 */
+	NFSERR_INVAL = 22,		/*    v3 v4 */
 	NFSERR_FBIG = 27,		/* v2 v3 v4 */
 	NFSERR_NOSPC = 28,		/* v2 v3 v4 */
 	NFSERR_ROFS = 30,		/* v2 v3 v4 */