diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 1cb9670bb8b5..b26622d9686f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ static inline bool nfs_error_is_fatal(int err)
 	case -EROFS:
 	case -ESTALE:
 	case -E2BIG:
+	case -ENOMEM:
 		return true;
 	default:
 		return false;