diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index c9e16608f486a7a46002670c81b607ac06b6b7fc..e14512678c9b7b8042f5ba55a329a0101849f606 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -1020,6 +1020,8 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		ino = parent_sd->s_ino;
 		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, filp->f_pos, ino, DT_DIR) == 0)
 			filp->f_pos++;
+		else
+			return 0;
 	}
 	if (filp->f_pos == 1) {
 		if (parent_sd->s_parent)
@@ -1028,6 +1030,8 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			ino = parent_sd->s_ino;
 		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, filp->f_pos, ino, DT_DIR) == 0)
 			filp->f_pos++;
+		else
+			return 0;
 	}
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 	for (pos = sysfs_dir_pos(ns, parent_sd, filp->f_pos, pos);