diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index b3086e99420c72e9a5c714848819914e3bdfc258..25ebb99e77c82e38f368ae01c36986602766b1e2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -1962,6 +1962,10 @@ static int nfs4_handle_reclaim_lease_error(struct nfs_client *clp, int status)
 		dprintk("%s: exit with error %d for server %s\n",
 				__func__, -EPROTONOSUPPORT, clp->cl_hostname);
 		return -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
+	case -ENOSPC:
+		if (clp->cl_cons_state == NFS_CS_SESSION_INITING)
+			nfs_mark_client_ready(clp, -EIO);
+		return -EIO;
 	case -NFS4ERR_NOT_SAME: /* FixMe: implement recovery
 				 * in nfs4_exchange_id */
 	default: