diff --git a/fs/fhandle.c b/fs/fhandle.c
index 4a635cf787fc..fd0d6a3b3699 100644
--- a/fs/fhandle.c
+++ b/fs/fhandle.c
@@ -57,18 +57,19 @@ static long do_sys_name_to_handle(const struct path *path,
 	handle_bytes = handle_dwords * sizeof(u32);
 	handle->handle_bytes = handle_bytes;
 	if ((handle->handle_bytes > f_handle.handle_bytes) ||
-	    (retval == FILEID_INVALID) || (retval == -ENOSPC)) {
+	    (retval == FILEID_INVALID) || (retval < 0)) {
 		/* As per old exportfs_encode_fh documentation
 		 * we could return ENOSPC to indicate overflow
 		 * But file system returned 255 always. So handle
 		 * both the values
 		 */
+		if (retval == FILEID_INVALID || retval == -ENOSPC)
+			retval = -EOVERFLOW;
 		/*
 		 * set the handle size to zero so we copy only
 		 * non variable part of the file_handle
 		 */
 		handle_bytes = 0;
-		retval = -EOVERFLOW;
 	} else
 		retval = 0;
 	/* copy the mount id */
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
index 31e4505c0df3..0f5eacae5f43 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
@@ -416,9 +416,11 @@ static void _fh_update(struct svc_fh *fhp, struct svc_export *exp,
 		int maxsize = (fhp->fh_maxsize - fhp->fh_handle.fh_size)/4;
 		int fh_flags = (exp->ex_flags & NFSEXP_NOSUBTREECHECK) ? 0 :
 				EXPORT_FH_CONNECTABLE;
+		int fileid_type =
+			exportfs_encode_fh(dentry, fid, &maxsize, fh_flags);
 
 		fhp->fh_handle.fh_fileid_type =
-			exportfs_encode_fh(dentry, fid, &maxsize, fh_flags);
+			fileid_type > 0 ? fileid_type : FILEID_INVALID;
 		fhp->fh_handle.fh_size += maxsize * 4;
 	} else {
 		fhp->fh_handle.fh_fileid_type = FILEID_ROOT;
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
index d2bbf1445a9e..9dac7f6e72d2 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static int fanotify_encode_fh(struct fanotify_fh *fh, struct inode *inode,
 	dwords = fh_len >> 2;
 	type = exportfs_encode_fid(inode, buf, &dwords);
 	err = -EINVAL;
-	if (!type || type == FILEID_INVALID || fh_len != dwords << 2)
+	if (type <= 0 || type == FILEID_INVALID || fh_len != dwords << 2)
 		goto out_err;
 
 	fh->type = type;