diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 46966fd8bcf9..f803d440ce39 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ int simple_offset_add(struct offset_ctx *octx, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	ret = mtree_alloc_cyclic(&octx->mt, &offset, dentry, DIR_OFFSET_MIN,
 				 LONG_MAX, &octx->next_offset, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+		return ret == -EBUSY ? -ENOSPC : ret;
 
 	offset_set(dentry, offset);
 	return 0;