diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 0bc56f6d9276b96878edd55837354d6c5ea87d02..848a03e83a425270050f474d6031e0df9f4da933 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1912,6 +1912,7 @@ static int nfsd_buffered_readdir(struct file *file, filldir_t func,
 			de = (struct buffered_dirent *)((char *)de + reclen);
 		}
 		offset = vfs_llseek(file, 0, SEEK_CUR);
+		cdp->err = nfserr_eof;
 		if (!buf.full)
 			break;
 	}