1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 81343944e096..f462dd884385 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2506,7 +2506,7 @@ static int nfs4_lookup_root_sec(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandl
 
         auth = rpcauth_create(flavor, server->client);
         if (IS_ERR(auth)) {
-                ret = -EIO;
+                ret = -EACCES;
                 goto out;
         }
         ret = nfs4_lookup_root(server, fhandle, info);