diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
index 0daa4354fec4ae967da4ae43e81f7f833cd1095c..51088849ce9741a01f706fe6750a7587367eaacb 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
@@ -663,7 +663,10 @@ static int ovl_iterate_real(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 			return PTR_ERR(rdt.cache);
 	}
 
-	return iterate_dir(od->realfile, &rdt.ctx);
+	err = iterate_dir(od->realfile, &rdt.ctx);
+	ctx->pos = rdt.ctx.pos;
+
+	return err;
 }