diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
index 7581d64edfa3..372bdcf5e07a 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ static __be32 nfsd3_map_status(__be32 status)
 	case nfserr_file_open:
 		status = nfserr_acces;
 		break;
+	case nfserr_symlink_not_dir:
+		status = nfserr_notdir;
+		break;
+	case nfserr_symlink:
+	case nfserr_wrong_type:
+		status = nfserr_inval;
+		break;
 	}
 	return status;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 4f5b8c4be417..fc68af757080 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ do_open_permission(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *current_fh, struct nfs
 	return fh_verify(rqstp, current_fh, S_IFREG, accmode);
 }
 
-static __be32 nfsd_check_obj_isreg(struct svc_fh *fh)
+static __be32 nfsd_check_obj_isreg(struct svc_fh *fh, u32 minor_version)
 {
 	umode_t mode = d_inode(fh->fh_dentry)->i_mode;
 
@@ -166,14 +166,15 @@ static __be32 nfsd_check_obj_isreg(struct svc_fh *fh)
 		return nfs_ok;
 	if (S_ISDIR(mode))
 		return nfserr_isdir;
-	/*
-	 * Using err_symlink as our catch-all case may look odd; but
-	 * there's no other obvious error for this case in 4.0, and we
-	 * happen to know that it will cause the linux v4 client to do
-	 * the right thing on attempts to open something other than a
-	 * regular file.
-	 */
-	return nfserr_symlink;
+	if (S_ISLNK(mode))
+		return nfserr_symlink;
+
+	/* RFC 7530 - 16.16.6 */
+	if (minor_version == 0)
+		return nfserr_symlink;
+	else
+		return nfserr_wrong_type;
+
 }
 
 static void nfsd4_set_open_owner_reply_cache(struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate, struct nfsd4_open *open, struct svc_fh *resfh)
@@ -466,7 +467,7 @@ do_open_lookup(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate, stru
 	}
 	if (status)
 		goto out;
-	status = nfsd_check_obj_isreg(*resfh);
+	status = nfsd_check_obj_isreg(*resfh, cstate->minorversion);
 	if (status)
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 97f583777972..4643fcfb7187 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -5731,6 +5731,23 @@ __be32 nfsd4_check_resp_size(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp, u32 respsize)
 	return nfserr_rep_too_big;
 }
 
+static __be32 nfsd4_map_status(__be32 status, u32 minor)
+{
+	switch (status) {
+	case nfs_ok:
+		break;
+	case nfserr_wrong_type:
+		/* RFC 8881 - 15.1.2.9 */
+		if (minor == 0)
+			status = nfserr_inval;
+		break;
+	case nfserr_symlink_not_dir:
+		status = nfserr_symlink;
+		break;
+	}
+	return status;
+}
+
 void
 nfsd4_encode_operation(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp, struct nfsd4_op *op)
 {
@@ -5798,6 +5815,8 @@ nfsd4_encode_operation(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp, struct nfsd4_op *op)
 						so->so_replay.rp_buf, len);
 	}
 status:
+	op->status = nfsd4_map_status(op->status,
+				      resp->cstate.minorversion);
 	*p = op->status;
 release:
 	if (opdesc && opdesc->op_release)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h b/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h
index 11825cbe4360..4ccbf014a2c7 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h
@@ -354,6 +354,11 @@ enum {
 	NFSERR_REPLAY_CACHE,
 #define	nfserr_replay_cache	cpu_to_be32(NFSERR_REPLAY_CACHE)
 
+/* symlink found where dir expected - handled differently to
+ * other symlink found errors by NFSv3.
+ */
+	NFSERR_SYMLINK_NOT_DIR,
+#define	nfserr_symlink_not_dir	cpu_to_be32(NFSERR_SYMLINK_NOT_DIR)
 };
 
 /* Check for dir entries '.' and '..' */
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
index 388c2952a0a8..50d23d56f403 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ static int nfsd_acceptable(void *expv, struct dentry *dentry)
  * the write call).
  */
 static inline __be32
-nfsd_mode_check(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct dentry *dentry,
-		umode_t requested)
+nfsd_mode_check(struct dentry *dentry, umode_t requested)
 {
 	umode_t mode = d_inode(dentry)->i_mode & S_IFMT;
 
@@ -76,17 +75,16 @@ nfsd_mode_check(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct dentry *dentry,
 		}
 		return nfs_ok;
 	}
-	/*
-	 * v4 has an error more specific than err_notdir which we should
-	 * return in preference to err_notdir:
-	 */
-	if (rqstp->rq_vers == 4 && mode == S_IFLNK)
+	if (mode == S_IFLNK) {
+		if (requested == S_IFDIR)
+			return nfserr_symlink_not_dir;
 		return nfserr_symlink;
+	}
 	if (requested == S_IFDIR)
 		return nfserr_notdir;
 	if (mode == S_IFDIR)
 		return nfserr_isdir;
-	return nfserr_inval;
+	return nfserr_wrong_type;
 }
 
 static bool nfsd_originating_port_ok(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, int flags)
@@ -364,7 +362,7 @@ fh_verify(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, umode_t type, int access)
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
-	error = nfsd_mode_check(rqstp, dentry, type);
+	error = nfsd_mode_check(dentry, type);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
index 5392f4775ee8..6dda081eb24c 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ static __be32 nfsd_map_status(__be32 status)
 	case nfserr_file_open:
 		status = nfserr_acces;
 		break;
+	case nfserr_symlink_not_dir:
+		status = nfserr_notdir;
+		break;
+	case nfserr_symlink:
+	case nfserr_wrong_type:
+		status = nfserr_inval;
+		break;
 	}
 	return status;
 }