diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index c6f54abe9852..1bf016b5e88f 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -999,6 +999,7 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	enum kobj_ns_type type;
 	const void *ns;
 	ino_t ino;
+	loff_t off;
 
 	type = sysfs_ns_type(parent_sd);
 	ns = sysfs_info(dentry->d_sb)->ns[type];
@@ -1021,6 +1022,7 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			return 0;
 	}
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
+	off = filp->f_pos;
 	for (pos = sysfs_dir_pos(ns, parent_sd, filp->f_pos, pos);
 	     pos;
 	     pos = sysfs_dir_next_pos(ns, parent_sd, filp->f_pos, pos)) {
@@ -1032,19 +1034,24 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		len = strlen(name);
 		ino = pos->s_ino;
 		type = dt_type(pos);
-		filp->f_pos = pos->s_hash;
+		off = filp->f_pos = pos->s_hash;
 		filp->private_data = sysfs_get(pos);
 
 		mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
-		ret = filldir(dirent, name, len, filp->f_pos, ino, type);
+		ret = filldir(dirent, name, len, off, ino, type);
 		mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			break;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
-	if ((filp->f_pos > 1) && !pos) { /* EOF */
-		filp->f_pos = INT_MAX;
+
+	/* don't reference last entry if its refcount is dropped */
+	if (!pos) {
 		filp->private_data = NULL;
+
+		/* EOF and not changed as 0 or 1 in read/write path */
+		if (off == filp->f_pos && off > 1)
+			filp->f_pos = INT_MAX;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }