diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
index 21a1c2b1c5fc..edab1ffbb163 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
@@ -350,8 +350,8 @@ xfs_file_readdir(
 
 		size = buf.used;
 		de = (struct hack_dirent *)buf.dirent;
-		curr_offset = de->offset /* & 0x7fffffff */;
 		while (size > 0) {
+			curr_offset = de->offset /* & 0x7fffffff */;
 			if (filldir(dirent, de->name, de->namlen,
 					curr_offset & 0x7fffffff,
 					de->ino, de->d_type)) {
@@ -362,7 +362,6 @@ xfs_file_readdir(
 				       sizeof(u64));
 			size -= reclen;
 			de = (struct hack_dirent *)((char *)de + reclen);
-			curr_offset = de->offset /* & 0x7fffffff */;
 		}
 	}