diff --git a/fs/afs/dynroot.c b/fs/afs/dynroot.c
index 4d04ef2d3ae7..1fa8cf23bd36 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dynroot.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dynroot.c
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ static int afs_probe_cell_name(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	ret = dns_query(net->net, "afsdb", name, len, "srv=1",
 			NULL, NULL, false);
-	if (ret == -ENODATA)
-		ret = -EDESTADDRREQ;
+	if (ret == -ENODATA || ret == -ENOKEY)
+		ret = -ENOENT;
 	return ret;
 }