diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
index a809989807d6..19f856f45689 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #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;
 
 static bool ff_layout_has_available_ds(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg);