diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
index 4f539eeadbb0d..558ebb2ba0fd2 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
@@ -4228,6 +4228,7 @@ static bool __query_dir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 	/* dot and dotdot entries are already reserved */
 	if (!strcmp(".", name) || !strcmp("..", name))
 		return true;
+	d_info->num_scan++;
 	if (ksmbd_share_veto_filename(priv->work->tcon->share_conf, name))
 		return true;
 	if (!match_pattern(name, namlen, priv->search_pattern))
@@ -4390,8 +4391,17 @@ int smb2_query_dir(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 	query_dir_private.info_level		= req->FileInformationClass;
 	dir_fp->readdir_data.private		= &query_dir_private;
 	set_ctx_actor(&dir_fp->readdir_data.ctx, __query_dir);
-
+again:
+	d_info.num_scan = 0;
 	rc = iterate_dir(dir_fp->filp, &dir_fp->readdir_data.ctx);
+	/*
+	 * num_entry can be 0 if the directory iteration stops before reaching
+	 * the end of the directory and no file is matched with the search
+	 * pattern.
+	 */
+	if (rc >= 0 && !d_info.num_entry && d_info.num_scan &&
+	    d_info.out_buf_len > 0)
+		goto again;
 	/*
 	 * req->OutputBufferLength is too small to contain even one entry.
 	 * In this case, it immediately returns OutputBufferLength 0 to client.
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/vfs.h b/fs/smb/server/vfs.h
index cb76f4b5bafe8..06903024a2d88 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/vfs.h
+++ b/fs/smb/server/vfs.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct ksmbd_dir_info {
 	char		*rptr;
 	int		name_len;
 	int		out_buf_len;
+	int		num_scan;
 	int		num_entry;
 	int		data_count;
 	int		last_entry_offset;