diff --git a/fs/bfs/dir.c b/fs/bfs/dir.c
index 685ecff3ab31728d2362a9be39f98dfbc76947c4..b14cebfd90477ead4b15f0c1583da6393c247de5 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/dir.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static int bfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 	if (!inode)
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	mutex_lock(&info->bfs_lock);
-	ino = find_first_zero_bit(info->si_imap, info->si_lasti);
+	ino = find_first_zero_bit(info->si_imap, info->si_lasti + 1);
 	if (ino > info->si_lasti) {
 		mutex_unlock(&info->bfs_lock);
 		iput(inode);