diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
index ceef75b4d249..4269df0f0ffa 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
@@ -1238,6 +1238,7 @@ static void ff_layout_io_track_ds_error(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg,
 		case -EPFNOSUPPORT:
 		case -EPROTONOSUPPORT:
 		case -EOPNOTSUPP:
+		case -EINVAL:
 		case -ECONNREFUSED:
 		case -ECONNRESET:
 		case -EHOSTDOWN: