diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index da44aa17b77f..408345f7b558 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -670,6 +670,10 @@ static void nfs_direct_write_reschedule(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq)
 
 	req = nfs_list_entry(reqs.next);
 	nfs_direct_setup_mirroring(dreq, &desc, req);
+	if (desc.pg_error < 0) {
+		list_splice_init(&reqs, &failed);
+		goto out_failed;
+	}
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, tmp, &reqs, wb_list) {
 		if (!nfs_pageio_add_request(&desc, req)) {
@@ -677,13 +681,17 @@ static void nfs_direct_write_reschedule(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq)
 			nfs_list_add_request(req, &failed);
 			spin_lock(cinfo.lock);
 			dreq->flags = 0;
-			dreq->error = -EIO;
+			if (desc.pg_error < 0)
+				dreq->error = desc.pg_error;
+			else
+				dreq->error = -EIO;
 			spin_unlock(cinfo.lock);
 		}
 		nfs_release_request(req);
 	}
 	nfs_pageio_complete(&desc);
 
+out_failed:
 	while (!list_empty(&failed)) {
 		req = nfs_list_entry(failed.next);
 		nfs_list_remove_request(req);
@@ -894,6 +902,11 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
 			}
 
 			nfs_direct_setup_mirroring(dreq, &desc, req);
+			if (desc.pg_error < 0) {
+				nfs_free_request(req);
+				result = desc.pg_error;
+				break;
+			}
 
 			nfs_lock_request(req);
 			req->wb_index = pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
index 02ec07973bc4..ae07b0f56659 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
@@ -883,13 +883,19 @@ static void
 filelayout_pg_init_read(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
 			struct nfs_page *req)
 {
-	if (!pgio->pg_lseg)
+	if (!pgio->pg_lseg) {
 		pgio->pg_lseg = pnfs_update_layout(pgio->pg_inode,
 					   req->wb_context,
 					   0,
 					   NFS4_MAX_UINT64,
 					   IOMODE_READ,
 					   GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (IS_ERR(pgio->pg_lseg)) {
+			pgio->pg_error = PTR_ERR(pgio->pg_lseg);
+			pgio->pg_lseg = NULL;
+			return;
+		}
+	}
 	/* If no lseg, fall back to read through mds */
 	if (pgio->pg_lseg == NULL)
 		nfs_pageio_reset_read_mds(pgio);
@@ -902,13 +908,20 @@ filelayout_pg_init_write(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
 	struct nfs_commit_info cinfo;
 	int status;
 
-	if (!pgio->pg_lseg)
+	if (!pgio->pg_lseg) {
 		pgio->pg_lseg = pnfs_update_layout(pgio->pg_inode,
 					   req->wb_context,
 					   0,
 					   NFS4_MAX_UINT64,
 					   IOMODE_RW,
 					   GFP_NOFS);
+		if (IS_ERR(pgio->pg_lseg)) {
+			pgio->pg_error = PTR_ERR(pgio->pg_lseg);
+			pgio->pg_lseg = NULL;
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* If no lseg, fall back to write through mds */
 	if (pgio->pg_lseg == NULL)
 		goto out_mds;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
index 616817a46410..57e4010e3cde 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
@@ -795,13 +795,19 @@ ff_layout_pg_init_read(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
 	int ds_idx;
 
 	/* Use full layout for now */
-	if (!pgio->pg_lseg)
+	if (!pgio->pg_lseg) {
 		pgio->pg_lseg = pnfs_update_layout(pgio->pg_inode,
 						   req->wb_context,
 						   0,
 						   NFS4_MAX_UINT64,
 						   IOMODE_READ,
 						   GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (IS_ERR(pgio->pg_lseg)) {
+			pgio->pg_error = PTR_ERR(pgio->pg_lseg);
+			pgio->pg_lseg = NULL;
+			return;
+		}
+	}
 	/* If no lseg, fall back to read through mds */
 	if (pgio->pg_lseg == NULL)
 		goto out_mds;
@@ -835,13 +841,19 @@ ff_layout_pg_init_write(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
 	int i;
 	int status;
 
-	if (!pgio->pg_lseg)
+	if (!pgio->pg_lseg) {
 		pgio->pg_lseg = pnfs_update_layout(pgio->pg_inode,
 						   req->wb_context,
 						   0,
 						   NFS4_MAX_UINT64,
 						   IOMODE_RW,
 						   GFP_NOFS);
+		if (IS_ERR(pgio->pg_lseg)) {
+			pgio->pg_error = PTR_ERR(pgio->pg_lseg);
+			pgio->pg_lseg = NULL;
+			return;
+		}
+	}
 	/* If no lseg, fall back to write through mds */
 	if (pgio->pg_lseg == NULL)
 		goto out_mds;
@@ -877,18 +889,25 @@ static unsigned int
 ff_layout_pg_get_mirror_count_write(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
 				    struct nfs_page *req)
 {
-	if (!pgio->pg_lseg)
+	if (!pgio->pg_lseg) {
 		pgio->pg_lseg = pnfs_update_layout(pgio->pg_inode,
 						   req->wb_context,
 						   0,
 						   NFS4_MAX_UINT64,
 						   IOMODE_RW,
 						   GFP_NOFS);
+		if (IS_ERR(pgio->pg_lseg)) {
+			pgio->pg_error = PTR_ERR(pgio->pg_lseg);
+			pgio->pg_lseg = NULL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
 	if (pgio->pg_lseg)
 		return FF_LAYOUT_MIRROR_COUNT(pgio->pg_lseg);
 
 	/* no lseg means that pnfs is not in use, so no mirroring here */
 	nfs_pageio_reset_write_mds(pgio);
+out:
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index c3a78450a239..871ba5df5ca9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -874,6 +874,9 @@ static int nfs_pageio_setup_mirroring(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
 
 	mirror_count = pgio->pg_ops->pg_get_mirror_count(pgio, req);
 
+	if (pgio->pg_error < 0)
+		return pgio->pg_error;
+
 	if (!mirror_count || mirror_count > NFS_PAGEIO_DESCRIPTOR_MIRROR_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -976,6 +979,8 @@ static int nfs_pageio_do_add_request(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 	} else {
 		if (desc->pg_ops->pg_init)
 			desc->pg_ops->pg_init(desc, req);
+		if (desc->pg_error < 0)
+			return 0;
 		mirror->pg_base = req->wb_pgbase;
 	}
 	if (!nfs_can_coalesce_requests(prev, req, desc))
@@ -1141,6 +1146,8 @@ int nfs_pageio_add_request(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 	bytes = req->wb_bytes;
 
 	nfs_pageio_setup_mirroring(desc, req);
+	if (desc->pg_error < 0)
+		return 0;
 
 	for (midx = 0; midx < desc->pg_mirror_count; midx++) {
 		if (midx) {
@@ -1226,7 +1233,7 @@ int nfs_pageio_resend(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 	nfs_pageio_complete(desc);
 	if (!list_empty(&failed)) {
 		list_move(&failed, &hdr->pages);
-		return -EIO;
+		return desc->pg_error < 0 ? desc->pg_error : -EIO;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 6095a8d42766..b1acc4135c3c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -906,14 +906,15 @@ send_layoutget(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo,
 
 	if (IS_ERR(lseg)) {
 		switch (PTR_ERR(lseg)) {
-		case -ENOMEM:
 		case -ERESTARTSYS:
+		case -EIO:
+		case -ENOSPC:
+		case -EROFS:
+		case -E2BIG:
 			break;
 		default:
-			/* remember that LAYOUTGET failed and suspend trying */
-			pnfs_layout_io_set_failed(lo, range->iomode);
+			return NULL;
 		}
-		return NULL;
 	} else
 		pnfs_layout_clear_fail_bit(lo,
 				pnfs_iomode_to_fail_bit(range->iomode));
@@ -1649,7 +1650,7 @@ out:
 			"(%s, offset: %llu, length: %llu)\n",
 			__func__, ino->i_sb->s_id,
 			(unsigned long long)NFS_FILEID(ino),
-			lseg == NULL ? "not found" : "found",
+			IS_ERR_OR_NULL(lseg) ? "not found" : "found",
 			iomode==IOMODE_RW ?  "read/write" : "read-only",
 			(unsigned long long)pos,
 			(unsigned long long)count);
@@ -1828,6 +1829,11 @@ pnfs_generic_pg_init_read(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct nfs_page *r
 						   rd_size,
 						   IOMODE_READ,
 						   GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (IS_ERR(pgio->pg_lseg)) {
+			pgio->pg_error = PTR_ERR(pgio->pg_lseg);
+			pgio->pg_lseg = NULL;
+			return;
+		}
 	}
 	/* If no lseg, fall back to read through mds */
 	if (pgio->pg_lseg == NULL)
@@ -1840,13 +1846,19 @@ void
 pnfs_generic_pg_init_write(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
 			   struct nfs_page *req, u64 wb_size)
 {
-	if (pgio->pg_lseg == NULL)
+	if (pgio->pg_lseg == NULL) {
 		pgio->pg_lseg = pnfs_update_layout(pgio->pg_inode,
 						   req->wb_context,
 						   req_offset(req),
 						   wb_size,
 						   IOMODE_RW,
 						   GFP_NOFS);
+		if (IS_ERR(pgio->pg_lseg)) {
+			pgio->pg_error = PTR_ERR(pgio->pg_lseg);
+			pgio->pg_lseg = NULL;
+			return;
+		}
+	}
 	/* If no lseg, fall back to write through mds */
 	if (pgio->pg_lseg == NULL)
 		nfs_pageio_reset_write_mds(pgio);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/read.c b/fs/nfs/read.c
index 0a5e33f33b5c..0bb580174cb3 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/read.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/read.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ int nfs_readpage_async(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, struct inode *inode,
 	pgm = &pgio.pg_mirrors[0];
 	NFS_I(inode)->read_io += pgm->pg_bytes_written;
 
-	return 0;
+	return pgio.pg_error < 0 ? pgio.pg_error : 0;
 }
 
 static void nfs_readpage_release(struct nfs_page *req)
