diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
index 90099896b838..c8863563c635 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 #define NFSDBG_FACILITY		NFSDBG_PNFS_LD
 
-static unsigned int dataserver_timeo = NFS_DEF_TCP_RETRANS;
+static unsigned int dataserver_timeo = NFS_DEF_TCP_TIMEO;
 static unsigned int dataserver_retrans;
 
 void nfs4_ff_layout_put_deviceid(struct nfs4_ff_layout_ds *mirror_ds)