diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index e8e51db4989d9123bd0d8c6eb13a3a0346bf30e7..bbb19be260ced1be701c3651f8e5b6a94a0bb593 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -177,21 +177,23 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_read);
 
 static int traverse(struct seq_file *m, loff_t offset)
 {
-	loff_t pos = 0;
+	loff_t pos = 0, index;
 	int error = 0;
 	void *p;
 
 	m->version = 0;
-	m->index = 0;
+	index = 0;
 	m->count = m->from = 0;
-	if (!offset)
+	if (!offset) {
+		m->index = index;
 		return 0;
+	}
 	if (!m->buf) {
 		m->buf = kmalloc(m->size = PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!m->buf)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	p = m->op->start(m, &m->index);
+	p = m->op->start(m, &index);
 	while (p) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(p);
 		if (IS_ERR(p))
@@ -204,15 +206,17 @@ static int traverse(struct seq_file *m, loff_t offset)
 		if (pos + m->count > offset) {
 			m->from = offset - pos;
 			m->count -= m->from;
+			m->index = index;
 			break;
 		}
 		pos += m->count;
 		m->count = 0;
 		if (pos == offset) {
-			m->index++;
+			index++;
+			m->index = index;
 			break;
 		}
-		p = m->op->next(m, p, &m->index);
+		p = m->op->next(m, p, &index);
 	}
 	m->op->stop(m, p);
 	return error;