diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 314c0d3b3fa9aece3015a113b6d348b7bc2be4aa..213523803dff99d8957f22ff35983467d0075afc 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -856,6 +856,7 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_find_entry (struct inode *dir,
 	struct buffer_head *bh_use[NAMEI_RA_SIZE];
 	struct buffer_head *bh, *ret = NULL;
 	ext4_lblk_t start, block, b;
+	const u8 *name = d_name->name;
 	int ra_max = 0;		/* Number of bh's in the readahead
 				   buffer, bh_use[] */
 	int ra_ptr = 0;		/* Current index into readahead
@@ -870,6 +871,16 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_find_entry (struct inode *dir,
 	namelen = d_name->len;
 	if (namelen > EXT4_NAME_LEN)
 		return NULL;
+	if ((namelen <= 2) && (name[0] == '.') &&
+	    (name[1] == '.' || name[1] == '0')) {
+		/*
+		 * "." or ".." will only be in the first block
+		 * NFS may look up ".."; "." should be handled by the VFS
+		 */
+		block = start = 0;
+		nblocks = 1;
+		goto restart;
+	}
 	if (is_dx(dir)) {
 		bh = ext4_dx_find_entry(dir, d_name, res_dir, &err);
 		/*
@@ -960,9 +971,8 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_find_entry (struct inode *dir,
 static struct buffer_head * ext4_dx_find_entry(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *d_name,
 		       struct ext4_dir_entry_2 **res_dir, int *err)
 {
-	struct super_block * sb;
+	struct super_block * sb = dir->i_sb;
 	struct dx_hash_info	hinfo;
-	u32 hash;
 	struct dx_frame frames[2], *frame;
 	struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de, *top;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
@@ -971,18 +981,8 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_dx_find_entry(struct inode *dir, const struct q
 	int namelen = d_name->len;
 	const u8 *name = d_name->name;
 
-	sb = dir->i_sb;
-	/* NFS may look up ".." - look at dx_root directory block */
-	if (namelen > 2 || name[0] != '.'||(name[1] != '.' && name[1] != '\0')){
-		if (!(frame = dx_probe(d_name, dir, &hinfo, frames, err)))
-			return NULL;
-	} else {
-		frame = frames;
-		frame->bh = NULL;			/* for dx_release() */
-		frame->at = (struct dx_entry *)frames;	/* hack for zero entry*/
-		dx_set_block(frame->at, 0);		/* dx_root block is 0 */
-	}
-	hash = hinfo.hash;
+	if (!(frame = dx_probe(d_name, dir, &hinfo, frames, err)))
+		return NULL;
 	do {
 		block = dx_get_block(frame->at);
 		if (!(bh = ext4_bread (NULL,dir, block, 0, err)))
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_dx_find_entry(struct inode *dir, const struct q
 		}
 		brelse(bh);
 		/* Check to see if we should continue to search */
-		retval = ext4_htree_next_block(dir, hash, frame,
+		retval = ext4_htree_next_block(dir, hinfo.hash, frame,
 					       frames, NULL);
 		if (retval < 0) {
 			ext4_warning(sb,