diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index c7cf23ae6597..3cefd0ed01be 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -766,6 +766,7 @@ static inline bool nfs_error_is_fatal(int err)
 	case -ESTALE:
 	case -E2BIG:
 	case -ENOMEM:
+	case -ETIMEDOUT:
 		return true;
 	default:
 		return false;