diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
index e298fe1940933544f537401d13b8295aaafe3875..d7d0ac5a2ca3ae75f4a23a75a10fe73ad3b74305 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
@@ -69,32 +69,54 @@ static inline int dt_type(struct p9_stat *mistat)
 static int v9fs_dir_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	int over;
+	struct p9_stat st;
+	int err;
 	struct p9_fid *fid;
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
-	struct inode *inode;
-	struct p9_stat *st;
+	int buflen;
+	char *statbuf;
+	int n, i = 0;
 
 	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "name %s\n", filp->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
-	inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
 	fid = filp->private_data;
-	while ((st = p9_client_dirread(fid, filp->f_pos)) != NULL) {
-		if (IS_ERR(st))
-			return PTR_ERR(st);
 
-		over = filldir(dirent, st->name.str, st->name.len, filp->f_pos,
-			v9fs_qid2ino(&st->qid), dt_type(st));
+	buflen = fid->clnt->msize - P9_IOHDRSZ;
+	statbuf = kmalloc(buflen, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!statbuf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-		if (over)
+	while (1) {
+		err = v9fs_file_readn(filp, statbuf, NULL, fid->rdir_fpos,
+									buflen);
+		if (err <= 0)
 			break;
 
-		filp->f_pos += st->size;
-		kfree(st);
-		st = NULL;
+		n = err;
+		while (i < n) {
+			err = p9_deserialize_stat(statbuf + i, buflen-i, &st,
+							fid->clnt->dotu);
+			if (!err) {
+				err = -EIO;
+				goto free_and_exit;
+			}
+
+			i += err;
+			fid->rdir_fpos += err;
+
+			over = filldir(dirent, st.name.str, st.name.len,
+			    filp->f_pos, v9fs_qid2ino(&st.qid), dt_type(&st));
+
+			filp->f_pos += st.size;
+
+			if (over) {
+				err = 0;
+				goto free_and_exit;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
-	kfree(st);
-	return 0;
+free_and_exit:
+	kfree(statbuf);
+	return err;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/include/net/9p/client.h b/include/net/9p/client.h
index bb8b0ede132d565b41a059d3812a356667bb3ff7..eeb7d922816e88f5f97e09094b5975f8bfb7eba6 100644
--- a/include/net/9p/client.h
+++ b/include/net/9p/client.h
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ struct p9_client {
  * @uid: the numeric uid of the local user who owns this handle
  * @aux: transport specific information (unused?)
  * @rdir_fpos: tracks offset of file position when reading directory contents
- * @rdir_pos: (unused?)
- * @rdir_fcall: holds response of last directory read request
  * @flist: per-client-instance fid tracking
  * @dlist: per-dentry fid tracking
  *
@@ -181,8 +179,6 @@ struct p9_fid {
 	void *aux;
 
 	int rdir_fpos;
-	int rdir_pos;
-	struct p9_fcall *rdir_fcall;
 	struct list_head flist;
 	struct list_head dlist;	/* list of all fids attached to a dentry */
 };
@@ -207,7 +203,6 @@ int p9_client_write(struct p9_fid *fid, char *data, const char __user *udata,
 							u64 offset, u32 count);
 struct p9_stat *p9_client_stat(struct p9_fid *fid);
 int p9_client_wstat(struct p9_fid *fid, struct p9_wstat *wst);
-struct p9_stat *p9_client_dirread(struct p9_fid *fid, u64 offset);
 
 struct p9_req_t *p9_tag_lookup(struct p9_client *, u16);
 void p9_client_cb(struct p9_client *c, struct p9_req_t *req);
diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c
index d5ea042eabb079512b5c883f8735c16554f9b384..90ee9efeede38f259dd0af90609c39bcf463c195 100644
--- a/net/9p/client.c
+++ b/net/9p/client.c
@@ -559,8 +559,6 @@ static struct p9_fid *p9_fid_create(struct p9_client *clnt)
 	memset(&fid->qid, 0, sizeof(struct p9_qid));
 	fid->mode = -1;
 	fid->rdir_fpos = 0;
-	fid->rdir_pos = 0;
-	fid->rdir_fcall = NULL;
 	fid->uid = current->fsuid;
 	fid->clnt = clnt;
 	fid->aux = NULL;
@@ -586,7 +584,6 @@ static void p9_fid_destroy(struct p9_fid *fid)
 	spin_lock(&clnt->lock);
 	list_del(&fid->flist);
 	spin_unlock(&clnt->lock);
-	kfree(fid->rdir_fcall);
 	kfree(fid);
 }
 
@@ -1261,103 +1258,3 @@ int p9_client_wstat(struct p9_fid *fid, struct p9_wstat *wst)
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_client_wstat);
-
-struct p9_stat *p9_client_dirread(struct p9_fid *fid, u64 offset)
-{
-	int err, n, m;
-	struct p9_fcall *tc, *rc;
-	struct p9_client *clnt;
-	struct p9_stat st, *ret;
-
-	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_9P, "fid %d offset %llu\n", fid->fid,
-						(long long unsigned) offset);
-	err = 0;
-	tc = NULL;
-	rc = NULL;
-	ret = NULL;
-	clnt = fid->clnt;
-
-	/* if the offset is below or above the current response, free it */
-	if (offset < fid->rdir_fpos || (fid->rdir_fcall &&
-		offset >= fid->rdir_fpos+fid->rdir_fcall->params.rread.count)) {
-		fid->rdir_pos = 0;
-		if (fid->rdir_fcall)
-			fid->rdir_fpos += fid->rdir_fcall->params.rread.count;
-
-		kfree(fid->rdir_fcall);
-		fid->rdir_fcall = NULL;
-		if (offset < fid->rdir_fpos)
-			fid->rdir_fpos = 0;
-	}
-
-	if (!fid->rdir_fcall) {
-		n = fid->iounit;
-		if (!n || n > clnt->msize-P9_IOHDRSZ)
-			n = clnt->msize - P9_IOHDRSZ;
-
-		while (1) {
-			if (fid->rdir_fcall) {
-				fid->rdir_fpos +=
-					fid->rdir_fcall->params.rread.count;
-				kfree(fid->rdir_fcall);
-				fid->rdir_fcall = NULL;
-			}
-
-			tc = p9_create_tread(fid->fid, fid->rdir_fpos, n);
-			if (IS_ERR(tc)) {
-				err = PTR_ERR(tc);
-				tc = NULL;
-				goto error;
-			}
-
-			err = p9_client_rpc(clnt, tc, &rc);
-			if (err)
-				goto error;
-
-			n = rc->params.rread.count;
-			if (n == 0)
-				goto done;
-
-			fid->rdir_fcall = rc;
-			rc = NULL;
-			if (offset >= fid->rdir_fpos &&
-						offset < fid->rdir_fpos+n)
-				break;
-		}
-
-		fid->rdir_pos = 0;
-	}
-
-	m = offset - fid->rdir_fpos;
-	if (m < 0)
-		goto done;
-
-	n = p9_deserialize_stat(fid->rdir_fcall->params.rread.data + m,
-		fid->rdir_fcall->params.rread.count - m, &st, clnt->dotu);
-
-	if (!n) {
-		err = -EIO;
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	fid->rdir_pos += n;
-	st.size = n;
-	ret = p9_clone_stat(&st, clnt->dotu);
-	if (IS_ERR(ret)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(ret);
-		ret = NULL;
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-done:
-	kfree(tc);
-	kfree(rc);
-	return ret;
-
-error:
-	kfree(tc);
-	kfree(rc);
-	kfree(ret);
-	return ERR_PTR(err);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_client_dirread);