diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
index 5e6453e9b307..b34196da1f94 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ 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 b5a9379b1450..509f32845d7b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
@@ -1987,7 +1987,7 @@ 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))