diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
index 3b0b650..60f032b 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))