diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 2df2e9ee130d84..e222fa68be8478 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -479,8 +479,10 @@ static int afs_dir_iterate_block(struct afs_vnode *dvnode,
 		    dire->u.name[0] == '.' &&
 		    ctx->actor != afs_lookup_filldir &&
 		    ctx->actor != afs_lookup_one_filldir &&
-		    memcmp(dire->u.name, ".__afs", 6) == 0)
+		    memcmp(dire->u.name, ".__afs", 6) == 0) {
+			ctx->pos = blkoff + next * sizeof(union afs_xdr_dirent);
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		/* found the next entry */
 		if (!dir_emit(ctx, dire->u.name, nlen,