diff --git a/include/linux/nfs3.h b/include/linux/nfs3.h
index 1d18da0860d5..b6539a75edea 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs3.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs3.h
@@ -7,6 +7,41 @@
 
 #include <uapi/linux/nfs3.h>
 
+/*
+ * NFSv3 error status values.
+ * See RFC 1813 Section 2.5
+ */
+enum {
+	NFS3ERR_PERM		= 1,
+	NFS3ERR_NOENT		= 2,
+	NFS3ERR_IO		= 5,
+	NFS3ERR_NXIO		= 6,
+	NFS3ERR_ACCES		= 13,
+	NFS3ERR_EXIST		= 17,
+	NFS3ERR_XDEV		= 18,
+	NFS3ERR_NODEV		= 19,
+	NFS3ERR_NOTDIR		= 20,
+	NFS3ERR_ISDIR		= 21,
+	NFS3ERR_INVAL		= 22,
+	NFS3ERR_FBIG		= 27,
+	NFS3ERR_NOSPC		= 28,
+	NFS3ERR_ROFS		= 30,
+	NFS3ERR_MLINK		= 31,
+	NFS3ERR_NAMETOOLONG	= 63,
+	NFS3ERR_NOTEMPTY	= 66,
+	NFS3ERR_DQUOT		= 69,
+	NFS3ERR_STALE		= 70,
+	NFS3ERR_REMOTE		= 71,
+	NFS3ERR_BADHANDLE	= 10001,
+	NFS3ERR_NOT_SYNC	= 10002,
+	NFS3ERR_BAD_COOKIE	= 10003,
+	NFS3ERR_NOTSUPP		= 10004,
+	NFS3ERR_TOOSMALL	= 10005,
+	NFS3ERR_SERVERFAULT	= 10006,
+	NFS3ERR_BADTYPE		= 10007,
+	NFS3ERR_JUKEBOX		= 10008,
+};
+
 enum nfs3_stable_how {
 	NFS_UNSTABLE = 0,
 	NFS_DATA_SYNC = 1,