diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 908ad18629df..c40a80035d6a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3834b12a18d51d6c535ea52e16355d75806ffe38
+refs/heads/master: 8812a3d5f873e28cd08ec8afe328c4182b72db49
diff --git a/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c b/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
index 899f168fd19c..170f5bb8ebe0 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
@@ -242,7 +242,8 @@ static int v9fs_dir_readdir_dotl(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 		while (rdir->head < rdir->tail) {
 
 			err = p9dirent_read(rdir->buf + rdir->head,
-						buflen - rdir->head, &curdirent,
+						rdir->tail - rdir->head,
+						&curdirent,
 						fid->clnt->proto_version);
 			if (err < 0) {
 				P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "returned %d\n", err);