diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4acl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4acl.c
index 63818a5..edb107e 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4acl.c
@@ -710,9 +710,9 @@
 		/* Also, the remaining entries are for named users and
 		 * groups, and come in threes (mask, allow, deny): */
 		if (n4acl->naces < 7)
-			return -1;
+			return -EINVAL;
 		if ((n4acl->naces - 7) % 3)
-			return -1;
+			return -EINVAL;
 		return 4 + (n4acl->naces - 7)/3;
 	}
 }
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@
 	struct nfs4_ace *ace;
 
 	if ((ace = kmalloc(sizeof(*ace), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
-		return -1;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ace->type = type;
 	ace->flag = flag;