diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index f3f239db04bb..fea46368afb2 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -1845,15 +1845,11 @@ nfsd4_encode_dirent_fattr(struct nfsd4_readdir *cd,
 
 	exp_get(exp);
 	if (d_mountpoint(dentry)) {
-		if (nfsd_cross_mnt(cd->rd_rqstp, &dentry, &exp)) {
-		/*
-		 * -EAGAIN is the only error returned from
-		 * nfsd_cross_mnt() and it indicates that an
-		 * up-call has  been initiated to fill in the export
-		 * options on exp.  When the answer comes back,
-		 * this call will be retried.
-		 */
-			nfserr = nfserr_dropit;
+		int err;
+
+		err = nfsd_cross_mnt(cd->rd_rqstp, &dentry, &exp);
+		if (err) {
+			nfserr = nfserrno(err);
 			goto out_put;
 		}