diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
index 1b88b78f40be..3b4f93dcf323 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
@@ -1285,6 +1285,7 @@ static void ff_layout_io_track_ds_error(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg,
 		case -ECONNRESET:
 		case -EHOSTDOWN:
 		case -EHOSTUNREACH:
+		case -ENETDOWN:
 		case -ENETUNREACH:
 		case -EADDRINUSE:
 		case -ENOBUFS: