diff --git a/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c b/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c
index 3c91fa97c9a85..64c5b872220d1 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ static int smbd_post_send_data(
 
 	if (n_vec > SMBDIRECT_MAX_SGE) {
 		cifs_dbg(VFS, "Can't fit data to SGL, n_vec=%d\n", n_vec);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	sg_init_table(sgl, n_vec);