diff --git a/fs/readdir.c b/fs/readdir.c
index 5b53d995cae6a06a4b7087ab5850d020490114a3..33fd92208cb75411cae8e30bc972e742e97a6479 100644
--- a/fs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/readdir.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
 #include <linux/dirent.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ int iterate_dir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 		ctx->pos = file->f_pos;
 		res = file->f_op->iterate(file, ctx);
 		file->f_pos = ctx->pos;
+		fsnotify_access(file);
 		file_accessed(file);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);