struct afs_read *read_req)
 {
        const struct afs_xdr_AFSFetchStatus *xdr = (const void *)*_bp;
+       bool inline_error = (call->operation_ID == afs_FS_InlineBulkStatus);
        u64 data_version, size;
        u32 type, abort_code;
        u8 flags = 0;
        if (vnode)
                write_seqlock(&vnode->cb_lock);
 
+       abort_code = ntohl(xdr->abort_code);
+
        if (xdr->if_version != htonl(AFS_FSTATUS_VERSION)) {
+               if (xdr->if_version == htonl(0) &&
+                   abort_code != 0 &&
+                   inline_error) {
+                       /* The OpenAFS fileserver has a bug in FS.InlineBulkStatus
+                        * whereby it doesn't set the interface version in the error
+                        * case.
+                        */
+                       status->abort_code = abort_code;
+                       ret = 0;
+                       goto out;
+               }
+
                pr_warn("Unknown AFSFetchStatus version %u\n", ntohl(xdr->if_version));
                goto bad;
        }
 
+       if (abort_code != 0 && inline_error) {
+               status->abort_code = abort_code;
+               ret = 0;
+               goto out;
+       }
+
        type = ntohl(xdr->type);
-       abort_code = ntohl(xdr->abort_code);
        switch (type) {
        case AFS_FTYPE_FILE:
        case AFS_FTYPE_DIR:
                }
                status->type = type;
                break;
-       case AFS_FTYPE_INVALID:
-               if (abort_code != 0) {
-                       status->abort_code = abort_code;
-                       ret = 0;
-                       goto out;
-               }
-               /* Fall through */
        default:
                goto bad;
        }