diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
index c19093814296..f7ef44829f6e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@
 
 #define NFSDBG_FACILITY		NFSDBG_XDR
 
-/* Mapping from NFS error code to "errno" error code. */
-#define errno_NFSERR_IO		EIO
-
 /*
  * Declare the space requirements for NFS arguments and replies as
  * number of 32bit-words
@@ -64,8 +61,6 @@
 #define NFS_readdirres_sz	(1+NFS_pagepad_sz)
 #define NFS_statfsres_sz	(1+NFS_info_sz)
 
-static int nfs_stat_to_errno(enum nfs_stat);
-
 /*
  * Encode/decode NFSv2 basic data types
  *
@@ -1054,70 +1049,6 @@ static int nfs2_xdr_dec_statfsres(struct rpc_rqst *req, struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 	return nfs_stat_to_errno(status);
 }
 
-
-/*
- * We need to translate between nfs status return values and
- * the local errno values which may not be the same.
- */
-static const struct {
-	int stat;
-	int errno;
-} nfs_errtbl[] = {
-	{ NFS_OK,		0		},
-	{ NFSERR_PERM,		-EPERM		},
-	{ NFSERR_NOENT,		-ENOENT		},
-	{ NFSERR_IO,		-errno_NFSERR_IO},
-	{ NFSERR_NXIO,		-ENXIO		},
-/*	{ NFSERR_EAGAIN,	-EAGAIN		}, */
-	{ NFSERR_ACCES,		-EACCES		},
-	{ NFSERR_EXIST,		-EEXIST		},
-	{ NFSERR_XDEV,		-EXDEV		},
-	{ NFSERR_NODEV,		-ENODEV		},
-	{ NFSERR_NOTDIR,	-ENOTDIR	},
-	{ NFSERR_ISDIR,		-EISDIR		},
-	{ NFSERR_INVAL,		-EINVAL		},
-	{ NFSERR_FBIG,		-EFBIG		},
-	{ NFSERR_NOSPC,		-ENOSPC		},
-	{ NFSERR_ROFS,		-EROFS		},
-	{ NFSERR_MLINK,		-EMLINK		},
-	{ NFSERR_NAMETOOLONG,	-ENAMETOOLONG	},
-	{ NFSERR_NOTEMPTY,	-ENOTEMPTY	},
-	{ NFSERR_DQUOT,		-EDQUOT		},
-	{ NFSERR_STALE,		-ESTALE		},
-	{ NFSERR_REMOTE,	-EREMOTE	},
-#ifdef EWFLUSH
-	{ NFSERR_WFLUSH,	-EWFLUSH	},
-#endif
-	{ NFSERR_BADHANDLE,	-EBADHANDLE	},
-	{ NFSERR_NOT_SYNC,	-ENOTSYNC	},
-	{ NFSERR_BAD_COOKIE,	-EBADCOOKIE	},
-	{ NFSERR_NOTSUPP,	-ENOTSUPP	},
-	{ NFSERR_TOOSMALL,	-ETOOSMALL	},
-	{ NFSERR_SERVERFAULT,	-EREMOTEIO	},
-	{ NFSERR_BADTYPE,	-EBADTYPE	},
-	{ NFSERR_JUKEBOX,	-EJUKEBOX	},
-	{ -1,			-EIO		}
-};
-
-/**
- * nfs_stat_to_errno - convert an NFS status code to a local errno
- * @status: NFS status code to convert
- *
- * Returns a local errno value, or -EIO if the NFS status code is
- * not recognized.  This function is used jointly by NFSv2 and NFSv3.
- */
-static int nfs_stat_to_errno(enum nfs_stat status)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; nfs_errtbl[i].stat != -1; i++) {
-		if (nfs_errtbl[i].stat == (int)status)
-			return nfs_errtbl[i].errno;
-	}
-	dprintk("NFS: Unrecognized nfs status value: %u\n", status);
-	return nfs_errtbl[i].errno;
-}
-
 #define PROC(proc, argtype, restype, timer)				\
 [NFSPROC_##proc] = {							\
 	.p_proc	    =  NFSPROC_##proc,					\
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs.h b/include/linux/nfs.h
index ceb70a926b95..b94f51d17bc5 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/crc32.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/nfs.h>
 
@@ -46,6 +47,68 @@ enum nfs3_stable_how {
 	NFS_INVALID_STABLE_HOW = -1
 };
 
+/*
+ * We need to translate between nfs status return values and
+ * the local errno values which may not be the same.
+ */
+static const struct {
+	int stat;
+	int errno;
+} nfs_common_errtbl[] = {
+	{ NFS_OK,		0		},
+	{ NFSERR_PERM,		-EPERM		},
+	{ NFSERR_NOENT,		-ENOENT		},
+	{ NFSERR_IO,		-EIO		},
+	{ NFSERR_NXIO,		-ENXIO		},
+/*	{ NFSERR_EAGAIN,	-EAGAIN		}, */
+	{ NFSERR_ACCES,		-EACCES		},
+	{ NFSERR_EXIST,		-EEXIST		},
+	{ NFSERR_XDEV,		-EXDEV		},
+	{ NFSERR_NODEV,		-ENODEV		},
+	{ NFSERR_NOTDIR,	-ENOTDIR	},
+	{ NFSERR_ISDIR,		-EISDIR		},
+	{ NFSERR_INVAL,		-EINVAL		},
+	{ NFSERR_FBIG,		-EFBIG		},
+	{ NFSERR_NOSPC,		-ENOSPC		},
+	{ NFSERR_ROFS,		-EROFS		},
+	{ NFSERR_MLINK,		-EMLINK		},
+	{ NFSERR_NAMETOOLONG,	-ENAMETOOLONG	},
+	{ NFSERR_NOTEMPTY,	-ENOTEMPTY	},
+	{ NFSERR_DQUOT,		-EDQUOT		},
+	{ NFSERR_STALE,		-ESTALE		},
+	{ NFSERR_REMOTE,	-EREMOTE	},
+#ifdef EWFLUSH
+	{ NFSERR_WFLUSH,	-EWFLUSH	},
+#endif
+	{ NFSERR_BADHANDLE,	-EBADHANDLE	},
+	{ NFSERR_NOT_SYNC,	-ENOTSYNC	},
+	{ NFSERR_BAD_COOKIE,	-EBADCOOKIE	},
+	{ NFSERR_NOTSUPP,	-ENOTSUPP	},
+	{ NFSERR_TOOSMALL,	-ETOOSMALL	},
+	{ NFSERR_SERVERFAULT,	-EREMOTEIO	},
+	{ NFSERR_BADTYPE,	-EBADTYPE	},
+	{ NFSERR_JUKEBOX,	-EJUKEBOX	},
+	{ -1,			-EIO		}
+};
+
+/**
+ * nfs_stat_to_errno - convert an NFS status code to a local errno
+ * @status: NFS status code to convert
+ *
+ * Returns a local errno value, or -EIO if the NFS status code is
+ * not recognized.  This function is used jointly by NFSv2 and NFSv3.
+ */
+static inline int nfs_stat_to_errno(enum nfs_stat status)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; nfs_common_errtbl[i].stat != -1; i++) {
+		if (nfs_common_errtbl[i].stat == (int)status)
+			return nfs_common_errtbl[i].errno;
+	}
+	return nfs_common_errtbl[i].errno;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_CRC32
 /**
  * nfs_fhandle_hash - calculate the crc32 hash for the filehandle
